Rare footage shows extreme measures of Tibetan protesters
TIBETAN WOMAN (translated): People self-immolating - yes, I've heard of it. They forced those people to die. There is something wrong with the Communist Party and this country.
STEPHEN MCDONELL (speaking Chinese, translated): Sorry, whose fault did you say it was?
TIBETAN WOMAN (translated): The reason they committed suicide is that the monasteries have lots of difficulties in this country. We don't have any rights, even the right of speech. They tell us exactly what we have to say. If we speak the truth, they will arrest us and beat us to death.
STEPHEN MCDONELL: She says she's a devout Buddhist and not afraid to speak out, but given the highly sensitive nature of her comments we've decided to protect her identity. She speaks, for example, about the monasteries being infiltrated by monks on the payroll of the government.
TIBETAN WOMAN (translated): Some lamas are evil. They are dressed in lama's clothes but, if the country gives them money, they will take it and are willing to do whatever the government tells them to do.
STEPHEN MCDONELL: She says that most Tibetans are poor with no hope of improving their lives. And, as for a solution to the problem of young monks killing themselves here...
TIBETAN WOMAN (translated): All countries in the world should pray together for the downfall of the Communist Party so it's not here anymore. They are extremely bad.
STEPHEN MCDONELL (speaking Chinese, translated): Sorry, whose fault did you say it was?
TIBETAN WOMAN (translated): The reason they committed suicide is that the monasteries have lots of difficulties in this country. We don't have any rights, even the right of speech. They tell us exactly what we have to say. If we speak the truth, they will arrest us and beat us to death.
STEPHEN MCDONELL: She says she's a devout Buddhist and not afraid to speak out, but given the highly sensitive nature of her comments we've decided to protect her identity. She speaks, for example, about the monasteries being infiltrated by monks on the payroll of the government.
TIBETAN WOMAN (translated): Some lamas are evil. They are dressed in lama's clothes but, if the country gives them money, they will take it and are willing to do whatever the government tells them to do.
STEPHEN MCDONELL: She says that most Tibetans are poor with no hope of improving their lives. And, as for a solution to the problem of young monks killing themselves here...
TIBETAN WOMAN (translated): All countries in the world should pray together for the downfall of the Communist Party so it's not here anymore. They are extremely bad.