Tibetan Refugee Part One

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Recent refugees who escaped Chinese torture in Tibet and arrived in Dharamsala, India to an uncertain future. In light of the recent events in Tibet I've decided to post the entire documentary I shot in India about Tibetan refugees who had just escaped from Chinese torture in Tibet. It's available at Netflix, and other online areas, but it's more important that the words of these eyewitnesses is put into the public airspace. Tibetans have been tortured, beaten and jailed since the Chinese invaded their country, I have footage of a doctor who left because he could no longer sterilize Tibetan woman in good conscience. Most of these interviews are children or monks - their stories are heartbreaking. I also feature HH The Dalai Lama, Robert Thurman, Grammy winner Yungchen Llamo, the Nechung Monks, the State oracle of Tibet, the 17th Karmapa and others. I couldn't put the entire hour long movie at one time, but it's in 5 edited clips of ten minutes each on youtube, and the other clips will soon appear. Long live the great Tibetan culture and people, and please pray for Tibet.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: March 16, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Author: martinifilm

Length: 0:10:01
Rating: 4.26
Views: 6,311

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Valfore95 (Friday 10th of October 2008 01:39:08 AM)
China has a long history of un-righteous and un-harmonious rule over people who have struggled to be free. China's people are too insecure to accept criticism or to be self critical in the way the people of most western countries can. When Americans hear others criticize America's wicked leaders, they often understand and agree. When Chinese hear others criticize their wicked leaders, they express rage and hostility to the speaker.
nzgav (Thursday 2nd of October 2008 12:07:38 PM)
Tibetans are subject to arbitrary arrest and detention Torture still prevails in Chinese prisons and detention centres Enforced disappearances, where a person is taken into custody and the details of their detention are not disclosed, continue to occur. The 11-year-old 11th Panchen Lama has been missing since his status was announced in 1995. Today, it appears the Chinese are using Tibet as a dumping ground for their, and foreign, nuclear waste. tibet(.)net (Central Tibetan Administration)
smeilee (Saturday 30th of August 2008 06:33:18 AM)
tibetan people.. why dont you try to re-group your people.. there are people called balti in pakistan .. ladakhis in kashmir .. monpas in arunachal ... the worst part is your people are divided by artificial walls and they are already going through cultural genocide.. u need to do something to get back the entire tibetan group into a single nation!!
talent4theworld (Sunday 24th of August 2008 12:59:27 AM)
The comment about being subhuman, and 'doggie'....what a joke. It's true what they say about jealousy, so thank you williamdesojealous for proving this true. These people are beautiful! You can see their kindness, it radiates through their eyes and being. Kids, the word for today and into the future is: Compassion. Namaste'....
wwwgil (Wednesday 20th of August 2008 06:47:01 PM)
It's a shame that when things go well, people join in for hundreds of years. When things don't ,(live is full of ups and downs as we all know), some will split and betray others. Should this be allowed? morally not.
martinifilm (Thursday 21st of August 2008 12:43:55 AM)
Yes, life is full of ups and downs, especially when you're hanging from a wire in Drapchi prison. The concept of "allowing" protest or disallowing it, is foreign to all people who live in a democracy. Betrayal is subjective, especially if you are constantly betrayed by those claiming to be your brother. But one day Tibet will become Tibet again, it's just a matter of time.
wwwgil (Saturday 16th of August 2008 10:27:05 PM)
China are made up of 56 ethnic groups join China at various times hundred years ago.
wwwgil (Saturday 16th of August 2008 10:25:12 PM)
There is no Chinese invasion, there are only operations required for social stability.
martinifilm (Sunday 17th of August 2008 05:08:06 PM)
Right. And those hundreds of thousands of Tibetans killed or starved to death (from the non Chinese invasion in 1906 and then another non invasion in 1949, and another non invasion in 1959) didn't really exist. For social stability? And were the German concentration camps were put up to ensure social stability? Did the cultural revolution succeed in social stability? How many people have to die or be tortured in order to achieve social stability? A free China equals a free Tibet.
martinifilm (Friday 15th of August 2008 11:36:27 PM)
Ever since China invaded Tibet in 1949 the Tibetans have been refugees. In their own country, and now outside of it. It's surprising they don't resist the Chinese invasion on more levels, but it's part of their character to be compassionate - even for those who've invaded their land, taken their resources. One day the shoe will be on the other foot. We might not see it, but one day it will.