Two Chinese activists nominated for Nobel Prize

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Finland’s ex-president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East.

The award however drew some criticism for not highlighting China’s crackdown in Tibet and on human rights activists.

Speculation had focused on using the prize to honor the 60th anniversary of the signing of the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights by singling out dissidents in China, Russia and Vietnam, overshadowed the decision.

“It is an opportunity missed to change the world for the better by encouraging reform in China,” said Edward McMillan-Scott, a British member of the European Parliament and founder of its Democracy and Human Rights Instrument.

He had nominated Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng and AIDS and environmental activist Hu Jia for the prestigious prize, two of the 197 nominations that were received by the Feb. 1 deadline.

“I am aware that there was intense diplomatic pressure from Beijing after widespread reports — welcomed worldwide — that Chinese dissidents were being nominated,” McMillan-Scott said.

On Tuesday, China’s foreign ministry suggested that it hopes Chinese human rights activists will not win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, saying the award should go to the “right people.”

Heres a BBC article about Hu Jia, Gao Zhisheng and how their being recognized freaks the CCP out.

The Tibetans will not be able to get any justice from the CCP.

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By Abhishek Madhukar

DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) – The Tibetan government-in-exile said on Sunday it would make a final decision on whether to continue dialogue with China to ease tension in Tibet after their next encounter ends in October.

“I think the talks may go on, but these talks will only be about talks. They (China) will not really give us anything, concede anything,” Karma Chophel, speaker of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, said in Dharamsala, the base of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

“If in the eighth round of talks we see a ray of hope, then there will be a ninth round of talks, otherwise not,” Chophel told Reuters in Dharamsala.

The extraordinary meeting comes after months of anti-China protests across the world, sparked off by unrest in Tibet in March which China suppressed.

Envoys of the Dalai Lama and China met in July to defuse the situation (Tibetan unrest), the latest of several rounds of talks since 2002, but the Tibetan envoys appeared disillusioned.

They said China lacked serious commitment to solve the crisis after their return.

Of course the CCP cannot provide the Tibetan people with the freedoms that they need.  The Tibetan peoples spirits have not been bought and terrorized as much as the Chinese.  The CCP can offer bribes, but it cannot offer any freedom and rights, the CCP is fundamentally opposed to these values and fears justice more than anything.  The Chinese people are not allowed freedom of the press and expression, they are not provided with a justice system.  They are offered threats and bribes from the CCP, but the Tibetans don’t want to give up their rights.  That is why, to the CCP, the Tibetan cause is best reserved as a propaganda scapegoat, that is the best use the CCP has for Tibet.