On Apr 30, 2:16=A0pm, "ltl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 30, 4:27=A0pm, chatnoir <wolfbat3...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>http://re****tonarrakis.blogspot.com/2008/04/results-of-standing-up-to...
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> > WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008
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> > Results of standing up to a Communist Gov't !
> > A speedy trial ,in which you loose !As I have said before the closer
> > the Olympics, the worse things get for those that have a voice ,or the
> > will , to stand up for themselves
> > ! against a commie regime that loves to squish their own people !
> > ( with tanks )
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> > China sentences 30 people _ some to life _ over Tibet riots
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> > By HENRY SANDERSON =96 17 hours ago
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> > BEIJING (AP) =97 Six Buddhist monks were among 30 people sentenced by
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> > Chinese court Tuesday to jail terms ranging from three years to life
> > for taking part in deadly riots in Tibet.
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> > The punishments were the first to be meted out by a Chinese court
> > against Tibetans accused of taking part in a frenzy of assaults,
> > burning, looting and vandalism mainly targeting Han Chinese and their
> > businesses in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa and nearby areas between
> > March 14-16.
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> > The violence and subsequent government crackdown drew worldwide
> > attention to China's human rights record and its rule in Tibet ahead
> > of the Beijing Olympics. Celebrations marking 100 days to the start of
> > the games take place Wednesday.
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> > The sentences were announced during two sessions of a one-day trial at
> > the Intermediate People's Court of Lhasa, the official Xinhua News
> > Agency re****ted. China Central Television's evening newscast showed
> > the convicts being led out by police with bowed heads in front of a
> > packed courtroom.
> > ....
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> > Xinhua said three men received life sentences, including a Buddhist
> > monk identified as Basang who allegedly led 10 people, including five
> > other monks, to destroy local government offices, burn down shops and
> > attack policemen.
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> > Two of Basang's alleged monk accomplices were sentenced to 20 years,
> > and the other three to 15 years in jail.
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> > Soi'nam Cering, a driver for a Lhasa real estate company, was
> > sentenced to life in jail for joining in the mobs that burned
> > vehicles, smashed police stations and assaulted firefighters during
> > the riot, Xinhua said.
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> > The third man to receive a life sentence was a 30-year-old businessman
> > who was identified only by his last name, Cering, Xinhua said. The
> > agency re****ted that he was convicted of inciting others to commit
> > arson and looting shops and vehicles during riots in his home county
> > of Lingzhou, about 40 miles east of Lhasa, on March 15 and 16.
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> > CCTV said seven people were sentenced to about 15 years in prison, and
> > the other 20 received sentences of between three to 14 years. The
> > charges included arson, robbery, interruption of law enforcement, and
> > theft, it said.
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> > A policeman was shot to death while attempting to capture an alleged
> > "riot leader" in a Tibetan area in northwest Qinghai Province, Xinhua
> > re****ted late Tuesday. The officer, identified as Lama Cedain, died
> > Monday, according to local authorities.
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> > Xinhua said a March 21 riot had been incited by a few people seeking
> > "Tibetan independence" in Hongke town. After a monthlong
> > investigation, police moved to arrest the suspected leader Monday. He
> > resisted and was killed by other officers during the ensuing
> > gunbattle, Xinhua said.
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> > On Wednesday, New York-based Human Rights Watch condemned the one-day
> > trials, saying the Tibetan defendants were not given due process.
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> > "Guilty or innocent, these Tibetans are entitled to a fair trial,"
> > said Sophie Richardson, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch.
> > "Instead, they were tried on secret evidence behind closed doors and
> > without the benefit of a meaningful defense by lawyers they'd chosen."
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> > The quick trials and their prominent coverage by state media signaled
> > China's resolve in putting a firm lid on domestic Tibetan dissent
> > ahead of the Summer Games.
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> > "The party has a long tradition of carrying out speeded up trials with
> > minimum forms of process for defendants whenever it wants to send a
> > strong message to local people," said Robbie Barnett, an expert in
> > modern Tibet at Columbia University.
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> > Such trials originated in China in the early 1980s in so-called
> > "Strike Hard" campaigns, intended to speed up prosecutions for crimes
> > considered at threat to social stability, he said.
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> > Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu defended the judicial process,
> > saying during a regular press briefing Tuesday that the relevant
> > authorities would handle the Tibetan lawbreakers "according to the law
> > in a fair and just way."
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> > Following weeks of international pressure by the U.S. and the European
> > Union, Beijing has also moved to tamp down tensions diplomatically.
> > The government announced last week that it would be willing to begin
> > talks with representatives to the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual
> > leader of Tibet whom Beijing has blamed for fomenting the unrest.
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> > Jiang said "specifics of the contact and consultation have still yet
> > to be further discussed."
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> > The gesture comes after rights groups and pro-Tibetan sup****ters
> > outside China protested against the Olympic torch relay at several
> > stops around the world, resulting in massive disruptions and clashes
> > with pro-China groups in some cities.
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> > On Monday, Tibetan authorities announced the reopening of one of
> > Tibet's main monasteries, the Sera, which was closed after the riots,
> > something officials had said would happen once investigators
> > determined if any monks took part in the unrest.
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> > China has said 22 people died in the riots; Tibet's government-in-
> > exile said Tuesday it believes at least 203 Tibetans were killed in
> > the ensuing crackdown.
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> > The estimate was compiled from the government-in-exile's own sources,
> > Tibetan exile groups and official Chinese media. It was impossible to
> > independently verify the information.
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> > The protests, initially led by Buddhist monks, started peacefully on
> > March 10, the anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese
> > rule. They became violent four days later as Tibetans attacked cars
> > and shops run by Han Chinese, China's majority ethnic group.
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> > A one day trial!
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> Another piece of whining news.
You'd be whining like anything if the situation were reversed. LT Lee
would raise the roof if he thought someone in the US didn't get a fair
trial. But since it's in China, he doesn't. He has a laughable double
standard.
> It projects a negative tone yet fails
> to provide anything to make a case. If the Chinese court was wrong for
> speed trail, why not say it out explicitedly? First of all, the
> re****ters should find out whether the defendent were entering a
> "Guilty" plea. If so, a speed trial should be expected. In addition,
> was there any study showing the longer the trial the fairer the
> outcome?
A one-day trial for such a serious charge obviously raises the
suspicion that it's not a fair trial.
But you knew that. You're not fooling anyone.
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