by Sophie Richardson
How badly does the Chinese government really want to stop Tibetan self-immolations? A campaigner suggests that the rhetoric from Beijing does not match the reality of draconian policy programmes
To hear senior Chinese officials speak of “innocents” who died in flames, you might think the government is really concerned. Even as the voices from Beijing blaming the Dalai Lama, Tibetans’ exiled spiritual leader, for the immolations get shriller and more frequent – they have offered up comparatively gentle rhetoric about those who have died. But examining Beijing’s policy response in Tibetan areas presents a different picture. Read the full article
The writer is the China director at the Human Rights Watch, an advocacy organization headquatered in New York
