Facebook also accused of censoring Tibetan protest

Tibetan writer, Meu Sopa was arrested on 27 December 2014 by members of China’s County Public Security Bureau in Ngaba County. The reason for Sopa’s arrest is unknown although local Tibetans suspect that it is due to his articles and blog posts. They are concerned that many of his friends may be at risk, as his phone has been confiscated. The 21-year-old was well known for writing articles, poems and re-posting other writers on subjects of self-immolation protests, freedom and the Tibetan struggle on his blog. Sopa recently published a blog entitled "You Dogs Don't Let Us Live, We Have Had Enough Repression from You" and his most recent post was a poem written in Chinese titled “Heroine”, dedicated to self-immolator Tsepe Kyi. Tsepe Kyi died after carrying out a self-immolation protest on 22 December 2014. Both of them were from village no. 3 of Meruma Town, Ngaba County. Sopa writes in both Chinese and Tibetan and has organised debates under the title “We - the Muted People”. Sopa was one of those forced to participate in a "political re-education" programme after the Tibetan protests in 2008. Young Tibetans were taken to Chinese cities and indoctrinated with China’s propaganda.

Is Facebook censoring anti-China Posts?

Facebook has been accused of political censorship by well known Tibetan writer and activist Tsering Woeser. Her post about a Tibetan self-immolation protest was deleted. Facebook claims that they removed the post because of the graphic content.

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