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似乎有人说了句:你们走到哪里我就跟到哪里。对方以为你们要跟踪他们回家呢。所以就害怕了。估计他们已经报警了。 [s:2] [s:2] [s:2]
Chinese migrants and students acted disgracefully in Perth this Friday, April 11 2008, at 11am, when a small group of about 10, including two Tibetan monks, assembled peacefully in Perth to hold a 24-hour candlelight vigil. The aim was to:
Show that Australians would stand up for justice and against human rights abuses.
Bring attention to the critical situation of human rights abuses in Tibet. Inform the public of the ongoing difficult plight of Tibetans; and Offer people a means whereby they could become more informed about the situation in Tibet and get involved in helping Tibetans, if they so wish, by signing petitions The peaceful demonstrators had received permission to hold the vigil in front of the Wesley Centre at the corner of Hay and William Street They surrounded themselves with candles, Tibetan prayer flags, Tibetan flags, poster boards highlighting human rights abuses in Tibet and copies of speeches by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd about the unacceptable human rights conditions in that country and an appeal from the Australian Tibet Council to Australian Olympics Committee president John Coates
By 10pm, 13 hours before the peaceful vigil was due to end, it was cut short, due to threats of violence from a group of angry Chinese migrants and students studying in Australia
These people outnumbered the peaceful vigil demonstrators 3 to 1. One of the Chinese carried an anti-Dalai Lama slogan and proceeded to hassle shoppers who came near to the peaceful vigil display. Another marched backwards and forwards in front of the vigil display waving a large communist red flag. A decision to abandon the vigil was made when the Chinese told us they were very angry with what we were doing and could not be held responsible for what might happen, if it continued. (By this stage, there were just seven left - one man and six women) The leader of the Chinese group said they were most offended by the pictures of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan flag, as these were considered anti-Chinese. They also said “Wherever you go, we will be there, we will follow you, and there will always be more of us than you, ,” and repeated this several times To continue the vigil in the face of such aggression was considered untenable That this kind of intimidation can take place on the streets of Perth is, totally unacceptable If Chinese migrants and students in Australia can threaten Australians with violence in a democratic society i.e. Australia, imagine the odds the Tibet |
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