Unease in Tibet as Deadline Approaches for Anti-Chinese Protestors

Fears that violence may escalate in Tibet have gripped many citizens as a deadline approaches that promises leniency for any anti-Chinese protestors who turn themselves in by the end of Monday.

The governor of Tibet, Champa Phuntsok, has said those protestors who fail to turn themselves in will face severe consequences.

Violence in the region’s capital of Lhasa has led to at least 16 deaths according to the government but Tibetan exile groups have placed the number at 80.

Phuntsok has said the chaos caused by anti-Chinese protestors led to “reckless beating, smashing, looting and burning,” and the governor issued a statement declaring “If these people turn themselves in, they will be treated with leniency within the framework of the law. If these people could provide further information about the involvement of other people in those crimes, then they could be treated even more leniently.”

The Dali Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, has called the Chinese government’s crackdown on liberties and freedoms “cultural genocide” and has appealed to the international community for help.

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