Tibet
Since 1950: Silence Prison or Exile
Introduction by Elliot Sperling
Essays by Orville Schell and Steve Marshall
Interviews with Tibetan exiles and former
prisoners by Mickey Spiegel,
Asia researcher of Human Rights Watch
Through a diverse selection of photographs, personal interviews, and historical information, Tibet Since 1950: Silence, Prison, or Exile, a collaboration between Aperture and Human Rights Watch, looks beyond the Shangri-la image of Tibet to the impact of political repression by the Chinese government on Tibetan lives. The Tibet Autonomous Region as well as the area known as eastern Tibet, has been shaped by fifty years of direct Chinese government control. The impact of that control is evident in Tibetan culture, politics, economic activity, and religious practice. It is manifest in the extensive prison network used to detain those perceived as challenging Chinese rule and in the extreme measures used to keep protests in check. This publication contains rare photographs of Chinese government crackdowns on Tibetan demonstrations and riveting first-hand accounts from Tibetans living in exile. It examines the physical damage inflicted upon Tibetan religious institutions in the past and the more subtle destruction still going on today.
Photographers include: Jeffrey Aaronson, John
Ackerly, Diane Barker, Kevin Bubriski, Kathryn Culley,
Ian Cumming, Carl de Keyzer, Raphaele Demandre, Guy Dinmore, Stuart Franklin,
Richard Gere, Alberto Giuliani, Catherine Henriette, Lynn Johnson, Russell
Johnson, Steven Marshall, Marcos Prado, Matthieu Ricard, Galen Rowell,
Michael Springer, and Franz Stich.
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