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The Change of Human Rights in Tibet Many countries in the world focus on the issue of human rights in Tibet, many people claim that the situation of human rights in Tibet is too bad and has not changed for better. The situation of human rights in Tibet is far from perfect, but the whole case of Tibet is not very clear to many people. Actually, a massive change on the human rights in Tibet has taken place, such as political equality, religious freedom, Educational chances and economic status. Politic system has changed in Tibet. All men are created equal, they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But before 1959, Tibet was society of serfdom, the slaves made up 95 percent of Tibet’s population. Tibetan slaves lived no better than the slaves in the plantations in Southern state of America. Nobles and monks practiced dictatorship, they owned all the farmland, ranches, forest, and most of the livestock. However, 95 percent of serfs had no land. The Nobles and the leader of monks killed people unrestrainedly, a high monk’s beads were made from 108 slave‘s skull. The year of 1959 became a milestone not only in Tibet but also in the world history. From then on, the change had finally come to Tibet. The theocratic political system was terminated, serfdom was abolished, and a new political system of people’s democracy was introduced by the Chinese central government. Therefore, Tibetans enjoy the rights to administer their own affairs in their autonomous region, and have an equal political position with people of other ethnic groups in that country. Tibetans also have the equal rights to vote, stand for elections and get involved in Politics. This very change was so fundamental and important for accelerating other new changes in the ancient land. The freedom of religion was brought to Tibet. It could be recalled that, before 1959, there was only 5 percent religionary believers and a few monasteries and shabby abbeys, accommodating nearly 120,000 monks and nuns. The freedom of religion was controlled by small group of people and for these people, ordinary people did not have the right to be a believer. Over the years except the time of “culture revolution” in China, more than 100 million dollars has been invested for the preservation of historical and cultural relics and building of new temples. Also, a huge amount of gold and silver was allocated in the maintenance of the key monasteries such as Potala Palce and Jokhang Temple. At present, Tibet has 1787 monasteries and sites for religious activities. Anyone in Tibet has the right to believe, thus every year more than one million Tibetan people go to Lhasa to pay homage. Educations opportunities come to household in Tibet. In old Tibet before 1959, there was not a single school in the modern sense, and education was monopolized by monasteries. The enrollment ratio of school-aged children was less than 2 percent. Over 98 percent Tibetan children was not entitled for education just because their parents were slaves. But now, a complete education system is in place, with more than 1000 schools in Tibet, so the education has been widely popularized. Children never need to worry about school chances anymore. The enrollment ration of school-aged children has increased to 92 percent. The economic status has changed a great deal in Tibet. Poverty is by no means the real meaning of human right. Everyone has the ri