The Beijing Olympic torch relay in Paris on April 7 was marred by an appalling scene: a bunch of "pro-Tibet independence" separatists targeted young Chinese handicapped torch bearer Jin Jing and tried several times to grab the torch from her, and at times three or four protesters even jumped upon her at the same time.

The ghastly assaults on Jin, who was sitting on a wheelchair, aroused strong indignation in all people with a sense of justice. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge called them "saddening" and "unacceptable."

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948 says, "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."

The fact that the "pro-Tibet independence" separatists would even attack a handicapped girl in order to foil the Olympic torch relay fully exposed their true nature that in order to realize their ulterior political motives, they would trample on human rights without a blink of qualm.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen released by the French National Assembly in 1789 says citizens should enjoy freedom and human rights on the precondition that they do not break laws, and violators shall shoulder deserved responsibilities.

While wildly disrupting the Olympic torch relay, "the pro-Tibet independence" separatists not only violated the human rights and freedom of those who were passionately welcoming the torch, but endangered the personal safety of torch bearers.

As Rogge has said, the violent protests in places such as Paris actually deprived the athletes and local citizens of their Olympic dreams.

Therefore, it is not difficult for those without biased opinions to conclude that the "pro-Tibet independence" separatists' acts of sabotage were severe violations of human rights.

By trumpeting "human rights" and "democracy," the "pro-Tibet independence" forces headed by the Dalai Lama have deceived many Westerners on the Tibet issue, and have even misled some into seeing the Dalai Lama as "a protector of human rights" in Tibet.

Actually, the Dalai Lama used to be the chief representative of the serf system existing in Tibet decades ago, which combined politics and religion.

This serf system was the darkest in human history devoid of all forms of democracy, freedom and human rights, with privileges all for serfowners.

After the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, the serf system in Tibet was abolished. Only then did millions of serfs gain human dignity and begin to enjoy true human rights.

What the Dalai Lama and his followers have all along dreamed of is to restore their lost paradise in Tibet and to put shackles on common Tibetans again.

It is indeed the anti-human rights nature of the Dalai clique that impels the "pro-Tibet independence" separatists to undermine China's stability and unity, disgrace China worldwide, and even sabotage the Olympic torch relay by all sorts of violent means.

Jin, with her sunny smiles and weak body, defended the dignity of the Olympic torch, and gained wide respect home and abroad, while in contrast, the deeds of the "pro-Tibet independence" separatists only helped people see through their ugly face.

Just as the Dalai clique can't fool the people of the world with the cover of "human rights," their attempts to sabotage the Beijing Olympics and the torch relay are doomed to failure.

(Xinhua News Agency April 13, 2008)