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TIBET GROUP SAYS, "DON'T INVEST IN TORTURE"
For Immediate Release
Contact: Minnie Cancellaro, 510-486-0588
Cupertino, CA--Tibet Justice Center, today, issued a warning to attendees of what appears to be a Chinese Government sponsored Tibetan cultural and commerce fair at the Vallco Shopping Park from May 24 to June 23. The Berkeley-based human rights group urged visitors, and the events’ organizers, to acknowledge the truth about China’s brutal occupation of Tibet.
Visitors to this exhibit, especially those considering doing business in Tibet, need to know that they are investing in the systematic and brutal repression of the Tibetan people," said Dennis Cusack, President of Tibet Justice Center. Torture is standard practice in Chinese prisons and the Tibetan people continue to suffer rampant abuses of their human rights by the occupying Chinese government. "We want to send the message to anyone considering doing business in Tibet that Tibet is an occupied country. Economic development in Tibet is little more than classic colonial exploitation of natural resources supported by grudging settlers and massive police power. The model is economically unsustainable and Tibet remains politically unstable."
Tibet Justice Center reports that 1 out of 7 Tibetan refugees has suffered torture at the hands of the Chinese government--including children as young as eight years old. Peaceful political protest in Tibet is brutally repressed under the leadership of the Communist Party. Adequate education and healthcare remain out of reach for most Tibetans. Legqog, the Chairman of the Tibetan Autonomous Region’s regional government and a high-ranking Party official, plans to attend the exhibition.
The Tibetan people’s way of life is being destroyed by the Chinese occupation. Development in Tibet can either help the Tibetan people to thrive, or contribute to their destruction," said Cusack. The Tibetan Government-in-Exile (TGIE), led by the Dalai Lama and the newly elected Prime Minister, Samdong Rinpoche, has proposed a set of guidelines for suitable development in Tibet. Companies who wish to invest in Tibet are expected to consult these guidelines and the TGIE. Companies that engage in harmful development in Tibet, Cusack warned, can expect to feel a backlash from Tibetans backed by the global Tibet support movement.
The exhibition opens with a press conference at 3pm on May 24th. At least 500 pro-Tibet demonstrators are expected to attend.
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