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Is anyone surprised or disappointed that English Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Lammy (seen above with Israeli President, Herzog) has offered up not a word of concern about Tibet, or the plight of Tibetans, during his visit to China?
The man who defended and excused the denial of food, water, and medical supplies to Palestinians in Gaza, while Israel carpet-bombed civilians. Lammy’s tolerance (like that of the US Administration’s) of war crimes and mass slaughter was an inevitable indicator that his dealings with the Chinese dictatorship was always going to be as the nauseating diplomatic phrases has it, ‘pragmatic’. Commercial interests, as ever, are at the heart of foreign relations.
But his appalling silence on the oppression of Tibetans, and cultural genocide they suffer, was predictable. It’s also reflective, of what’s was recognized and exposed in 2021 by Anonymous Tibet, as a deterioration of interest within the English political establishment on the matter Tibet.
Video courtesy of @AnonymousTibet
Digging into the UK’s Parliamentary record ‘Hansard’ it’s noticeable how, over the past few years, references to Tibet by politicians has plummeted, unlike mention of the case of Uyghurs. Which has received increasing attention and concern.It is our view that this is no accident, or changing fad but a worrying indication of a significant shift of position. Such a development would be informed by, and directed from, the same foreign affairs department, now headed by Lammy.
Tibet it appears has been designated a ‘lost cause’ by the British ‘Foreign Office’. Although it (like the State Department) has never been genuinely interested in supporting Tibetan freedom.
We are in an age where genocidal slaughter is presented as ‘a right to defense’. When women and children are incinerated and torn apart by missiles, sourced from the USA. As political spokespeople endorse military attacks upon innocent civilian populations, for the purpose of killing claimed terrorists. Aided by signals intelligence and surveillance flights by the UK!
Clearly human rights, and the plight of Tibet’s people, are of no value to those governments who happily collaborate with, enable and supply war crimes. Isn’t that right Mr Lammy?
