Taiwanese NGOs join global ‘Xi Fails Tibet’ campaign

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/17
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei, Oct. 17 (CNA) Taiwanese activists on Tuesday joined a global campaign initiated by the International Tibet Network that calls for condemnation of Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) over what the network said was China’s continued repression of Tibet during the past five years under his leadership.

Xi will begin his second five-year term as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) when it convenes its 19th Party Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 18.

As Xi looks set to further consolidate his power, the International Tibet Network has launched a series of global campaigns titled “Xi Fails Tibet,” with the aim of bringing worldwide attention to what the network describes as a deteriorating situation in Tibet since 2012.

It said that in Tibet, dissent has been stifled, political prisoners are being tortured, and people are persecuted for their religious beliefs.    [FULL  STORY]