Not an issue of human rights

The recent riots in Lhasa and in a few Tibetan communities in Gansu and Sichuan provinces have been turned by some foreign media, and political figures into an issue of "human rights" for the people of Tibet.

In the name of human rights, these individuals seem unconcerned with the actual safety of the people of Tibet. Mobs, acting in the name of "freedom for Tibet", caused extensive property damage - torching and burning down houses, stores, and other structures.

Even more serious, the mobs attacked many innocent civilians, beating and killing Tibetans and the ethnic Han people.