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The Speech that Portended the Tibetan Uprising Made Public |
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Posted 8/6/2010 at 11:41 AM by Penpa D in Community Blog
Affiliate: World: India |
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I get asked questions about March 2008 Uprising in Lhasa which resulted in riots, deaths, kidnappings and arrest of many lives. Tibet has been closed for western media during the time, so that unbiased or the truth won't come out. The tours for reporters they did later after the international pressure was monitored. Questions were vetted and halted if CCP thought it was inappropriate.
Few youtube videos posted by users and tourists in Lhasa were available to us.
This speech Rungye Adak gave was released only this week since the guy who shot the video didn't understand the language and didn't understand its importance either.
Below is a snippet from the article on Huffington Post.
| But this atmosphere of Chinese national pride was about to be roundly disturbed at the Lithang horse festival by a 53-year-old nomad from rural Tibet. His name was Runngye Adak, and just before the official function began, he jumped up on stage and grabbed the microphone. Addressing the audience, he coolly but firmly voiced a number of grievances that were all articulated later in the protests that broke out the following Spring in Lhasa, and which spread across the entire Tibetan plateau. |
Huffington article and video footage here |
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