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  Use of Torture still endemic in Chinese occupied Tibet: TCHRD         


Author: Peter Terpstra
Date: Dec 26, 2008 15:28

Use of Torture still endemic in Chinese occupied Tibet: TCHRD

Phayul[Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:11]
TCHRD commemorates the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Equipments commonly used to torture Tibetan political prisoners in prisons
and detention centres in Chinese occupied Tibet
Equipments commonly used to torture Tibetan political prisoners in prisons
and detention centres in Chinese occupied Tibet
Dharamsala: AS 26 JUNE 2007 marks the tenth anniversary of the UN
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Tibetan Centre for
Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) commemorates the day in support of
victims of torture throughout the world.

Torture is one of the severest forms of human rights abuses, taking a
terrible toll on millions of individuals and their families across the
globe. In Chinese occupied Tibet, torture is endemic in the network of
prisons and detention centres across the plateau. According to TCHRD
documentation, the Chinese authorities' systematic use of torture has
resulted in the death of 89 known Tibetan political prisoners since 1987.
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  Re: Doomsday scenarios For a Sinking Dictatorship -- Year of the ox : Economic woes and key anniversaries portend trouble / The Economist         


Author: residualselfimage1999
Date: Dec 26, 2008 13:36

On Dec 23, 12:54 pm, Micky Wong wrote:
> Doomsday scenarios For a Sinking Dictatorship --
> Year of the ox : Economic woes and key anniversaries portend trouble / The Economist
> China in 2009 Dec 22nd 2008
> FOR China’s leaders, a perfect storm is brewing. Economic growth, which has helped
> keep the Communist Party in power...

It's rather myopic to believe that economy growth is the only thing
keeps the CCP in power.
> The World Bank’s president, Robert Zoellick, says China’s response to the Asian financial
> crisis in 1998 “built the basis for future growth”. It spent lavishly on infrastructure (particularly
> expressways) ....
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  Tales of terror.         


Author: Peter Terpstra
Date: Dec 26, 2008 11:34

Tales of terror

Since 1986 when China signed the United Nations Convention Against Torture,
there are 60 known Tibetan political prisoners who have died as a result of
torture while in detainment or prison.

Although torture during detainment is predominantly physical abuse, it can
have permanent psychological damage for survivors. The testimonies that
follow are accounts from people who have survived torture during detainment
and in prison. Torture in detainment is usually coupled with interrogations
and can be anything from being forced to stand in a freezing room to
beatings and electric shocks inflicted with electric cattle prods. Most
detainees have endured a variety of techniques.
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  Tales of terror         


Author: Peter Terpstra
Date: Dec 26, 2008 11:33

Tales of terror

Since 1986 when China signed the United Nations Convention Against Torture,
there are 60 known Tibetan political prisoners who have died as a result of
torture while in detainment or prison.

Although torture during detainment is predominantly physical abuse, it can
have permanent psychological damage for survivors. The testimonies that
follow are accounts from people who have survived torture during detainment
and in prison. Torture in detainment is usually coupled with interrogations
and can be anything from being forced to stand in a freezing room to
beatings and electric shocks inflicted with electric cattle prods. Most
detainees have endured a variety of techniques.
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  Re: The DL is a relious leader of Tibetan Buddhism and the head of the Tibetan Goverment in exile (was Re: The Dalai LAMA DOES NOT REPRESENT BUDDHISM INTERNATIONALLY)         


Author: rst0wxyz
Date: Dec 26, 2008 09:27

On Dec 26, 1:47 am, Dragon newyork.com> wrote:
> On Dec 25, 2:36 pm, rst0wxyz yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Dec 25, 1:54 pm, Dragon newyork.com> wrote:
>
>> And America is getting more and more socialist as time passes.
>
> The nationalizing of a few large troubled companies does not a
> socialist country make. I have studied, lived and worked in the USA
> for 7 years now, and I get to socialize with Americans from different
> walks of life. Socialism is still a dirty word in the USA, and the
> Religious Right will do their damnest to trample it out, because it

Those are the very people that depends on "social security benefits"
to live, benefits paid by todays workers for today's retirees. Many
people also depends on social wellfare and unemployment benefits,
medicare and medicaid paid by the states and federal government.
Also, many retirees got pension plans from large corporations and
government agencies. All these and many more are socialist ideas.

America is getting more and more socialist while China is getting more
and more capitalist. Both we meet in the middle.
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  A Tibetan monk.         


Author: Peter Terpstra
Date: Dec 26, 2008 09:22

A Tibetan monk - a spirit unbroken by 33 years of torture.

http://www.fireunderthesnow.com/

P.

--
"The CCP carefully staged the unrest in Tibet to deceive the world."
-- Ruan Ming, former advisor to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General
Secretary
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  China should divert all its US Reserves to other Currencies such as Kiwi         


Author: Siansiansian
Date: Dec 26, 2008 09:03

Snce the US dollars to many other countries are so low such as New
Zealand, Aussie, British Pound and Yen, China should seize the
opportunities to convert at least 60%% of its US dollars reserbes into
Kiwi, Aussie, British pound and Japanese Yen now quickly!!.

China will earn hundreds folds when economy returns!!!
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  China : Missing Children and an Underground Slave Trade         


Author: Peter Terpstra
Date: Dec 26, 2008 05:03

China : Missing Children and an Underground Slave Trade

China is keen to project a positive image with the 2008 Olympics just around
the corner. Crackdowns on the press, the closing of NGO's and the arrests of
free Tibet protesters and AIDS activists, doesn't help to create the best
impression. Nor does the requirement that the press report "only good news"
in the lead up to an important meeting of the Communist party.

Recently a founding member of the China Democracy Party (now banned), Chen
Shuqing, was found guilty of "inciting people to overthrow the government".
Reporters Without Borders have been watching developments in China closely,
and they claim that the courts simply take their walking orders from the
Communist party. When a trial is political in China, the chances of getting
anything close to a fair and unbiased hearing are close to zero. Verdicts
are routinely rigged in accordance with preferred official outcomes. The
crackdown on democracy activists extends also to so-called "cyber
dissidents" who have increasingly been targeted by authorities.

The face China presents to the world of a vibrant emerging power open for
business, masks the corruption and outright criminality that is either
ignored or tolerated by the system, until it breaks out into the open and
becomes impossible to ignore.
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  China's Takeover and Assimilation of Tibet         


Author: Peter Terpstra
Date: Dec 26, 2008 04:03

Efforts on the part of the People's Republic of China to consolidate its
control over Tibet continues unabated.

The new Qinghai-Tibet railway (which makes use of BSP cars manufactured by
Bombardier), is a political move geared toward strengthening Chinese
influence and control over Tibet. The political scheming behind the project
is underlined by the skepticism expressed by Chinese president Hu Jintao
about the tourist value of the railway.

The Western China Development policy, is another aspect of Beijing's reach.
The policy will be used to justify the creation of infrastructure in an
effort to extend PRC control over Tibet, rather than make any concessions to
the "Middle Way" solution being proposed by Dharamsala-based Tibetan
government-in-exile.
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  You are so uneducated, Meichi, that your posts scream out for proof-reading, and your allegations were never proven. Haha! Once a whore, always a whore, and you are an ugly Thai whore.         


Author: Xangdi
Date: Dec 26, 2008 03:37

You are so uneducated, Meichi, that your posts scream out for proof-
reading, and your allegations were never proven. Haha! Once a whore,
always a whore, and you are an ugly Thai whore.
Hey Meichi, aka pathological liar abianchen! Why don't you tell us how
you cheated the U.S. Immigration and stayed in the USA as an illegal
alien to work as a prostitute in NYC, after being kicked out from
Taipei as a failed model? Was it because you were short and ugly? Go
on - tell us. I'm sure your Thai whore friends back home want to
follow your footsteps.

On Dec 24, 5:24 pm, "abianc...@my-deja.com" my-deja.com>
wrote:
> Hey "Chairman Mao", didn’t netter "your name" say you got caught pants
> down when you faked as a black guy to fan hatred against...
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