Pinatubo in Taiwan to fight for basic human rights

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The early morning of December 11, the police surrounded the Freedom Square, will sit-in students and Pinatubo person (Tibetan) belt guard cars. Students at National Taiwan University on the school gate down, but Pinatubo Kuantu person was taken to the Great Lakes Park (South Pavilion near the one said), they are a lot of people do not know Chinese characters, do not speak Chinese, who only a few dozen dollars, point where the concept of living does not go dark for several hours until dawn only some people receive help to find ways to return to Freedom Square. Day 12 morning they went to Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission a petition to urge the committee to take care of the Tibetan. Survive in the absence of basic safeguards in Taiwan, they will continue the sit-in Freedom Square.

Pinatubo person they did not make any thing against the law and order, but peaceful sit-ins. Pinatubo refugees of all over the world have given humanitarian assistance, Taiwan's police and the Government has treated Pinatubo person, is bound to cause international outrage.

Yesterday, Central News Agency reported that the sit-Pinatubo person are those who advocate independence. This is wrong. This perspective shows that the Government is likely to be in order to curry favor with China, while the persecution of people in Taiwan Pinatubo. In fact, these people are part of the publicity in the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission came to Taiwan, but now they are reduced to even the right to work and residence are not refugees.

These are how Pinatubo person appears? Their demands, what is it?
The following are some of the information collected by this site:

Units Pinatubo in the person the petition

We are a group of living in Taiwan for many years in exile Tibetans, but we did not obtain legitimate identity card.

We come to Taiwan is only one reason - to survive. We at that time for freedom of belief and risk their lives, fled to India from Tibet and Nepal, but India, Nepal and other places to earn a decent living is not easy, work hard to find, once again had to leave their homes to come to Taiwan to learn technology, to seek job opportunities.

However, because there is no residence certificates must evade the police inspector; because without legal status, companies do not want to employ us, there is no fixed income, no fixed abode, hiding, eating food is not sufficient, not to mention the enjoyment of human rights or between India and Nepal to improve the lives of their families. . . This layer upon layer of sad with tears and blood can only swallow咬紧牙root.

Taiwan is a free democracy and safeguard human rights, regardless of government or civil society organizations, often funded the world without looking back because of other poor countries, across race, regardless of religious factors and so on. Tibet issue is the most advanced democratic countries of concern, the most important international human rights question, and even ruled that the United Nations resolution on Tibet as "refugees." Therefore, we understand that the Tibet issue to the people of Taiwan and enthusiastic group requests, please stand compassion and humane care for face, give us the necessary support and assistance in order to obtain right of abode in Taiwan.

August 8, 2008, we have the Taiwan government request, to give humanitarian assistance to support, but so far the results have not yet; so once again, we sincerely request - please give us the legal right of abode. Because in our hearts have always believed that the Taiwan government will consider us such a difficult situation and give us a reply as soon as possible and support. Again caused the hearts of our sincere heartfelt gratitude for 120,000 hours! !

December 9, 2008

Contact person: Jiang Card Address: Taipei County Yingge Township Fongji three on the 15th Street, 5th Floor, Mobile: 0988508883
Tel :02-86776274

(Source: Peopo citizen journalism)

Pinatubo in the Human Units Overview

Tibetans in Taiwan, perhaps there are several:
First, the KMT came to Taiwan before and after the uprising in Tibet was also Units "old Tibetans."
Units of this kind of early to Tibetans, to be regarded as "anti-communist uprising," a model of care for by the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission's more, there is no identity problem, but also some older Tibetans still will not speak Chinese.
Although there is no identity problem, but not the kind of homeland回不去also the pain should not be an outsider to understand the.

Second, student identity Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission until age 90 are fixed each year to India, "strokes" of Health, the exhaustion of all kinds of inducements way to persuade the Tibetans in exile to come to Taiwan to study, listen to the possession of Health said that the early Tibetan students for living expenses, even are for "a false passport," the money is given by Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission, the recruitment of possession Units are born, but for a model for advocacy. Tibetan graduates can get a smooth stay in Taiwan identity card.
But the time was different, and the Cold War are over, Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission is also organized into the cecum, the possession of health benefits has been reduced, and even last year did not create the identity of Health on behalf of the Tibetan problem. Health Units to the possession of some very good, it was still in hospital when the doctor, but after all, are a minority, have a lot of Chinese is not good enough for possession of Health in Taiwan has a lot of adaptation problems, so a little education can not keep up, for another one to complete, so become critical, not an excuse for an entry permit issued. Later case-by-case approach, some people returned, and to stay in Taiwan have also been resolved.
More extraordinary is that there is another group of orphans in Tibet have been placed in the Tibetan children's home, was also on many international media publicity, but in fact, but later the whole are not necessarily orphans, some of the Tibetans in exile are the parents in order to seek more Living well, others may not have to send their children to here.
This group of children, had left their parents, suddenly came to Taipei to the material world, many people are not suited, some people drop out, some people mixed the streets, some of the normal grown up, he makes no mention that they are a matter for Tibetans.

Three, the Vocational Training which is engaged by the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission whatever, let the product of the Cold War era.
老蒋period, it was said on the name of vocational training, finding a group of Tibetans by the military and intelligence training, is expected to retake the mainland use the implementation plan will also have a part, but the army did not complex, then it stopped.
Subsequent vocational training, simply a disguised form of foreign workers. Tibetan exiles to help run the Government of false passports to come to Taiwan to give them a year and a half years, arranged to work in factories. Most of the Tao-Chu and Taipei County's textile mills, glass factories, because Tibetans skin black, a lot of people think that they are in Southeast Asia come, so workers have been hidden "stealth" very well.
However, these Tibetans are willing to come to Taiwan, but also most of them live in India are not good, to be willing to come to Taiwan more than 10,000 a month to do the kind of work in order to do a false passport, Tibetans have spent a sum of money for them for the duration of one and a half years, we should also passport money, but also save money to send home
Each of them desperate to work overtime, Finally someone on the die in the factory.
Of these can be hard to make money come to a country, most of the Tibetans over a year and a half, began to identity illegal workers to stay in Taiwan, in moving around the site. Are the lowest strata of job content of the site building, Taiwan regarded them as an escape of labor, the work of holding money are the chief of the foreign workers than low, there is no labor and health insurance, sick to eat on any medication. The oldest, I have heard 61-year-old is still nailing Yinggehai mold, have heard, has had cancer does not view the possession of workers, no health insurance, and finally by fellow Tibetans raise money to pay medical expenses, but Only this time, he want to return to India, because India at least from the relatively near home.
Subsequently, these illegal Tibetans come to Taiwan during the Second Dalai Lama, who was the amnesty, the official's identity. But there is still part of the person, because a variety of questions, did not get the identity.

Fourth, tourism, and in accordance with an excuse to wage pro-Tibetan exiles in India have been very hard to have the opportunity, they want out. Have relatives in Taiwan, then to all sorts of excuses to visit Taiwan for sightseeing to visit relatives, the way to work. Some are at the time possession of Health, and then read half the book, earn money on everywhere, some detailed calculations, even in Taiwan over ten years, her parents die in India, and want to go back and have no money back.
I have a Tibetan's home, when the male owner to get the identity of amnesty, but one house, including children, have had five individuals is illegal in Taiwan. Man of the odd jobs at the site, woman, when women workers in textile mills, textile mills are said to want to do, the money did not give a good few months. But they live very happy to have a flat, daily ceremony, which also can put pictures of the Dalai Lama, the owner man said, so be good.

(Source: batch industrial踢踢Square)

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