Tibetan poet Woeser, called "the poet who forgot to be afraid," speaks out against the Chinese government's repression of human rights in this short clip by Al Jazeera English. According to Al Jazeera, during "crackdowns" on Tibetan dissidents in March, Woeser's Internet blogs were among the few sources of information from the sealed-off region. She is now prohibited from leaving the country; Chinese officials refuse to issue her a passport. She is not allowed to leave China to accept awards for her poetry because officials claim she is a threat to national security. In a rare and daring move, Woeser is taking the government to court. "The Chinese government has not kept its promises," the poet tells Al Jazeera. "In strict terms, it has kidnapped the Olympic Games because it's using the Olympics as a big platform to demonstrate its power."
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Tibetan dissident poet Woeser Tsering speaks out
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