VICTORY! Tibetans Successfully Pressure Mining Company to Cease Operations in Tibet

After months of protest by Tibetan residents in Markham, Tibet, the Chinese authorities have promised to stop mining operations. 

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Thank you to everyone for taking part in this campaign and responding to our action alerts.  

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Urgent: Tibetans inside Tibet appeal for help

Hundreds of Tibetans are peacefully blockading the main road leading to Ser Ngul Lo Mountain in Markham County. The Chinese government has deployed 300 armed forces to stop the protest.

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On 24 May 2009, residents of Tawu and Nyagchu County (Karze Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province) gathered at the local county headquarters to protest the planned forced-relocation of tens of thousands of Tibetans to make room for the construction of a hydroelectric dam. Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy reported that Chinese troops fired indiscriminately into the crowd of protestors, and six Tibetan women were seriously wounded. Their current condition is unknown.

In Markham County (Chamdo Prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region) hundreds of Tibetans have been protesting against a planned gold mine by peacefully occupying the area for the past several months. AsiaNews reported that on 16 May 2009, the Chinese authorities responded by sending in security forces. However, up to 500 Tibetans blocked the road leading to the planned mine, which led to a stand-off lasting for several days. Subsequent news indicates that several hundred Tibetans have traveled to Lhasa to complain to the provincial authorities of the ongoing harassment of Tibetan protesters by local officials.

These protests are a clear indication of the Tibetan people’s opposition to the exploitation of their natural resources without their free, prior and informed consent – an international right that has been denied to them under China’s violent military occupation.

To take action against Canadian mining company Continental Minerals, visit Stop Mining Tibet and sign our moratorium letters.