LONDON - Wen Jiabao’s visit to the UK was marked by protest as two days of action targeted the Chinese Premier in a bid to highlight the Chinese government’s shameful human rights record in Tibet. At a time when the brutal ‘Strike Hard’ campaign is persecuting innocent Tibetans with raids, threats and arbitrary detentions, Tibetans and their supporters made their presence felt at four separate protests in London and Cambridge.
The Premier’s visit to the Chinese embassy on 1 February saw a crowd of over 200 demonstrators gather opposite holding aloft placards bearing the slogan ‘Where are the missing 1,000 Tibetans?’ and posters reading: ‘Wanted: Wen Jiabao for criminal acts against Tibet.’ As Wen arrived several Tibetans dashed across the street and were roughly dealt with by police. Five were arrested and later released without charges.
Wen’s appearance later that day at a China Britain Business Council dinner at the Natural History Museum was met with further vociferous protest from amidst a flurry of snowflakes. Guests queuing at the entrance were reminded by protestors of the legacy of their guest of honour with the chant ‘Wen Jiabao: blood on your hands.’
A further protest marked Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s meeting with Wen Jiabao at Downing Street on 2 February. The Prime Minister joined opposition leader David Cameron in discussing human rights with Premier Wen following calls from Tibet support groups that Tibet should be high on the agenda during the visit. “Gordon Brown must hold Wen Jiabao accountable for the Chinese government's ongoing campaign of terror in Tibet,” said Terry Bettger, Campaigns Coordinator of Students for a Free Tibet UK, “Premier Wen and China's leadership claim that 'normal social order' exists in Tibet when the reality could not be further from the truth.”
Later at Cambridge University the Premier’s delivery of the Rede Lecture was disturbed by a protestor who hurled his shoe in the Premier’s direction and shouted “How can the university prostitute itself with this dictator?” Outside pro-democracy Chinese and human rights activists stood alongside free Tibet activists. Commenting on the protests spokesperson Terry Bettger said: “These demonstrations are a further indication of the strength of feeling against the Chinese leadership. Wen Jiabao cannot expect to endorse brutally repressive policies in Tibet and China without encountering protest from people of conscience.” SFT UK
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