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“I Saw It with My Own Eyes”
Abuses by Chinese Security Forces in Tibet, 2008-2010

Human Rights Watch and Friends of Tibet (India) are pleased to invite you to a seminar to be held on September 21, 2010 at 5pm to discuss a Human Rights Watch report documenting abuses by following the March 2008 protests. This report is the first to document, solely through eyewitness testimonies, how the crackdown unfolded, and the scale of abuses that Chinese security forces committed, including use of disproportionate force to suppress protesters; deliberate ill-treatment by police; and politically determined judicial proceedings. 

Human Rights Watch interviewed 203 Tibetan refugees and temporary visitors outside China between March 2008 and April 2010. The interviews were conducted by speakers of all three Tibetan regional languages, transcribed, and then translated into English. The interviews were conducted as soon as possible after the interviewees had left Tibetan areas of People’s Republic of China. This 73-page document has been circulated widely in the media.

What: Discussion of the report, with the author, a Tibetan eyewitness, and an Indian commentator.

Who: Nicholas Bequelin, senior researcher, Asia division, Human Rights Watch and Dr. Srikanth Kondapalli, former Chairperson, Department of East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

When: September 21, 2010, 5pm.

Where: School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110 067.
               
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About the speakers:
Dr Nicholas Bequelin is senior researcher on China at Human Rights Watch, based in Hong Kong, and a fellow at the Universities Service Centre for Chinese Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His publications have appeared in The China Journal, The China Quarterly,Asian Studies as well as many newspaper and magazines such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The International Herald Tribune. Dr. Bequelin’s former speaking engagements include TheCouncil on Foreign Relations, Chatham House, Jardines Matheson, and YaleUniversity, where he was a visiting scholar in spring 2010.

Dr Srikanth Kondapalli is Associate Professor in Chinese Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University from August 2006. He learnt Chinese language at Beijing Language & Culture University and was a post-Doctoral Visiting Fellow at People’s University, Beijing from 1996-98. He was a Visiting Professor at National Chengchi University, Taipei in 2004. He has published two books, two monographs, co-edited a volume and several articles in edited books and in national and international journals and newspapers. He is a guest faculty member at College of Naval Warfare, Army War College, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Academy and Border Security Force Academy.

About the organisations:
Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, we give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes. Our rigorous, objective investigations and strategic, targeted advocacy build intense pressure for action and raise the cost of human rights abuse. For 30 years, Human Rights Watch has worked tenaciously to lay the legal and moral groundwork for deep-rooted change and has fought to bring greater justice and security to people around the world. (www.hrw.org)

Friends of Tibet (India) is a people’s movement to keep alive the issue of Tibet through direct action. Our activities are aimed at ending China’s occupation of Tibet and the suffering of the Tibetan people. Friends of Tibet supports the continued struggle of the Tibetan people for independence.  Friends of Tibet is also one of the principal organisers of World Tibet Day around the world.(www.friendsoftibet.org)


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