Posts Tagged ‘Tibet’
May 19th, 2010
Anyone wishing to reproduce printed or written material in Lhasa will have to undergo real-name ID registration due to a new ruling
announced on 10 May. Local police will now regularly check copy service providers to ensure that they take down the names, addresses and organisations of all their customers. The move is intended to monitor the distribution of leaflets and pamphlets by pro-Tibetan activists.
April 26th, 2010
Tibetan writer Zhogs Dung was
arrested by Chinese police on Friday report
Tibetan sources. Although officials have declined to comment on his detainment, it is assumed that his arrest was related to open letter he signed with other Tibetan intellectuals criticising the government’s relief effort after the Qinghai earthquake. The letter first published on the Tibetan website
www.sangdhor.com (temporarily defunct) states that “
news from the mouthpiece for the party organisations can not be believed“ and also reminds people to not send donations directly to government organisations due to corruption. The Oslo-based
Voice of Tibet radio station reports that its
transmissions in China have been jammed for two days, despite the fact that the majority of its broadcasts have been messages of condolence from exiled Tibetans.
April 26th, 2010
Tibetan monks were amongst the first to reach remote areas such as Yu Shu after the Qinghai earthquake. Their role in the
massive relief effort has gone unrecognised by Chinese media and now they have been
told to leave the area by the Chinese authorities. A statement issued by the Chinese State Council recommends the monks
“return to their monasteries to ensure the high effectiveness and order of quake relief work.” The Dalai Lama, denied access to visit the disaster area has posted a
message of mourning on his Facebook page.
April 13th, 2010
Two Tibetan students studying at the Northwest National Minorities’ University in Lanzhou, Gansu Province,
were arrested by Chinese authorities last week. Police raided the rooms of Tashi Rabten (pen name Te’urang) and Druklo (pen name Shokjang), searching their personal possessions and confiscating their mobile phones, laptops and books. Tashi Rabten, editor of the banned literary magazine Shar Dungri (Eastern Snow Mountain), had previously been
arrested in June 2009 for editing a collection of political essays called Written in Blood.
March 15th, 2010
Thirty-four Tibetans were
arrested in Kathmandu last Wednesday, for staging demonstrations. The protests, outside a Buddhist monastery and the Chinese Embassy, were commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising. This crackdown on pro-Tibet actions coincides with an
increase in security measures in Lhasa. 2,800 police officers have been deployed in the city in anticipation for potential violence this week during the second anniversary of the 2008 riots.
March 10th, 2010
The new Governor of Tibet has said that the Dalai Lama does not have a right to choose his successor and must instead must abide by the “requirements” of Tibetan Buddhist tradition, according to the Xinhua news agency. The government’s stance on the issue seems to be hardening after its ruling that the next Dalai Lama must be approved by the government. The Governor’s comments on Sunday made it even more likely that the current Dalai Lama will be succeeded by two new Dalai Lamas, one chosen by Tibetan religious leaders in exile and another by the Chinese government. “It is unreasonable to do whatever he wants,” Governor
Padma Choling said of the Dalai Lama’s ideas. “There’s no way for him to do so.”
December 10th, 2009
Two Tibetan web users have been sentenced to three-year jail terms after posting pictures of the exiled Dalai Lama on the Internet. Gyaltsen and Nyima Wangdu were given three-year sentences after being convicted of “communicating information to contacts outside China,” Reporters Without Borders said. Three other Internet users were also arrested for similar reasons on December 1 but have not yet been tried. Read more
hereOctober 27th, 2009
Reports have emerged about the arrest of three young Tibetans after they used instant messages to distribute recordings and photographs of the Dalai Lama. The arrests of Gyaltsen, Nymia Wangchuk, and Yeshe Namkha are the latest in the clampdown against Tibetans using the Internet to send information abroad. Several bloggers have also been arrested in recent weeks.
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