Documentary on Tibet Protests exposes China’s Propaganda Tuesday, 1 July 2008, 9:48 a.m.
Additional Secretary Dr. Ngawang Rabgyal delivering the opening remarks at the premiere of documentary film on peaceful protests in Tibet/photos: Sangay Kyep |
Dharamshala: A documentary film compiled by the Department of Information and International Relations of the Central Tibetan Administration unmasks the series of Chinese government’s fabrication of the recent peaceful demonstrations in Tibet and baseless allegations leveled against His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche launched the documentary film yesterday during its premiere at Gangkyi Staff Mess. It was screened to an exclusive audience of officials of the Central Tibetan Administration.
Dr Ngawang Rabgyal, additional secretary of the Department of Information and International Relations, gave a brief introduction on the objectives of launching the documentary.
Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche(right) launches the documentary film |
The documentary, “Peaceful Protests on the World’s Roof: A Display of the Tibetan People’s Incomparable Courage”, reveals the reason behind Chinese government’s lie about the so-called Lhasa Incident of 14 March. It detailed eyewitness accounts of the events and footages taken by various news agencies.
It documented the Chinese armed forces’ violent clampdown on the peaceful Tibetan demonstrators, which left hundreds of innocent Tibetans dead, thousands arrested and injured.
Footages showing an upsurge of peaceful demonstrations across the three traditional provinces of Tibet expose the Chinese authorities’ false projection of the event as ‘3.14 unrest caused by a handful of Tibetans’.
Monks weeping because of religious persecution and calling for return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet reinforce the fact of denial of religious freedom to Tibetans by the Chinese government.