Reppression of Tibet

China and The Repression of Tibet



On October 7, 1950 over 30,000 troops invaded Tibet. The Tibetan government was forced to surrender to the Chinese government because in that same year, 250,000 troops invaded Tibet. In 1951, Tibet and Beijing signed the “Seventeen Point Agreement”. This was meant to not let China get to powerful in Tibet. It said that the Chinese government would not take power away from the Dalai Lama, and that freedom and religion in Tibet would not be compromised. They also hoped that the school system and education would improve in Tibet. Though slowly, the Chinese started to back out on their word. They started taking a tighter hold on the Tibetans. The Chinese government slowly started to take control of the newspaper, radio, banks and most food shops. Eventually, the Chinese government had control of most jobs of government officials and teachers. They also started to destroy their monasteries where they practiced religion. Also, many Tibetans were being held for two to three months in jail, without ever knowing what they were being charged with. This has definitely compromised most of the Tibetan human rights.


The human rights and polices of Tibet by 1949 and the Nuremburg Laws of 1935 were resulted with very similar problems. The impact of these laws and human rights drastically effected and destroyed the Jew’s and Tibetans population. For instance 1.4 million Tibetans and 6 million Jew’s were killed as a result of these laws. Also, when China invaded Tibet in 1949, Tibet lost its freedom of being an independent country. The people of Tibet lost their freedom of speech, religion and culture. Even their identities were gradually decaying by the Chinese. This was just like the Nuremberg laws for the Jewish, except it was named the “Seventeen Point Agreement” for the Tibetans. One of the laws was the Law for Protection of German Blood and Honor. This deprived Jew’s and non-Jew’s of marriage, employing pregnant women, and forbade Jew’s from having German Flags. Another Nuremburg Law was the Reich Citizenship Law this law took away German Jew’s citizenship and rights. Then by 1950 the Chinese communist conquered the Tibet government and did away with the previous government, headed by the Tibetans spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. In conclusion the German government forced the Nazis to obey their harsh laws, and the Tibetans were forced to obey the Chinese government, and to live by their laws.

Many of these Tibetan people were tortured and killed for no reason at all. It was from having peaceful demonstrations, any form of a protest, speeches, and writings ended up in the Chinese government intervening and arresting and torturing many Tibetan people. The chances for the Tibetan people ever to be released were slim to none. There are reports of people being interrogated by extreme measures, whether it was from the electric chair or cattle prods which can conduct a large amount of electrical current into a person’s mouth for no apparent reason. In conclusion, many people of Tibet were either brutally tortured, or killed for no apparent reason whatsoever.

The repression in Tibet began in 1949 when the Chinese government invaded Central Tibet with over 250,000 troops. The result of this now is that Tibet is no longer a free country. They are no longer allowed to practice religion. They are definitely a minority in their own country, because many Tibetan people have been killed. They do not have their own businesses any longer because China has taken those over as well. They always have to be nervous that “spies” from the Chinese government are watching them. In conclusion, Tibet no longer has its freedom or any rights at all.


There hasn’t been any real conclusion to this problem in Tibet. Though, now there are many organizations such as “students for a free Tibet” who are trying to make people more aware of what’s going on in Tibet, and what other people can do to help make the situation better. Also, different organizations have been writing different letters asking leaders of different countries if they will help out with the situation in Tibet. In conclusion, there might possibly be a change happening in Tibet in the near future if people continue to try to get help for the people of Tibet.



Julie, Jamie, Jenna, Erica PD. 2