| 92. Q: What is the situation regarding human rights in Tibet? | |
| A: Anyone congnizant of the facts will admit that great changes have taken place in Tibet in this respect which make current conditions contrast favorably with those of the past. Before 1959, Tibet was a society based on feudal serfdom, and the broad masses of serfs, who accounted for 90 percent of the total population in Tibet, were exploited and opperssed both politically and economically. Before the peaceful liberation, Tibet was one of the most backward areas in the world where human rights were severely infringed upon by virtue of the reactionary rule it exercised. After democratic reform, feudal serfdom was abolished, and Tibetans began enjoying their rights of personal freedom, as stipulated in China's Constitution, and other rights as stipulated in the Law on Regional Ethnic Autonomy. Any unbiased observer will acknowledge that the situation of human rights in Tibet has improved significantly. |
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