Tension continues in Kirti monastery in Ngaba, Tibetan Parliament appeals to the world[Wednesday, 3 May 2011, 11:37 am]

The Tibetan Parliamentary delegation during their meeting with a representative of the European Union in New Delhi, India, on 29 April 2011

Three MPs – Mr Kalsang Gyaltsen, Ven. Sonam Temphel and Mrs Tsering Youdon – were part of the delegation. In
a letter addressed to the ambassadors of various Embassies, the
delegation sought for visit of fact finding delegation to Kirti
monastery in Ngaba in northeastern Tibet to help restore human rights
and normalise the situation. The foreign governments were also requested to support free and independent media to visit Ngaba and other parts of Tibet. The
delegation also called on the governments to urge the Chinese
government to release the detained monks and allow the monastery to
carry out their religious activities. It was also mentioned in
the letter regarding the continual violent repression on the Tibetans
by the Chinese authorities. The letter said: “Arbitrary arrests,
torture and death of Bulug of Jomda region in Dege on 25 March 2011 and
death of Jamyang Jinpa from Amdo Labrang in Tashikyil on 3 April 2011
are some of the recent testimonies of death as a result of inhumane
treatment by the Chinese authority.”The delegation expressed
deep concern about military blockade imposed on the monastery, which
has virtually turned the monastery into a jail. The delegation strongly
disapprove it as the most undemocratic and uncivilized action on the
part of the Chinese authorities. “The Tibetan people’s freedom
of religion is threatened and their human rights grossly violated with
over 300 monks forcibly taken away by the para-military forces to some
unknown locations,” the delegation said.  

The Tibetan Parliamentary delegation led by Mrs Gyari Dolma (centre), Ven Sonam Tenphel (2nd left) and Mrs Tsering Youdon brief Danish Embassy’s Deputy Ambassador Mr Danny Annan on the situation in Kirti Monastery in northeastern Tibet

“…the
government authority instead of listening to the grievances of the
people continues to use force and suppress the people”, they added. The
appeal letter was send to the Embassy of France, Royal Danish Embassy,
High Commission for Britain, Canadian High Commission, Embassy of
Republic of Poland, Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium, Embassy of
Austria, Embassy of the United States of America, Embassy of the Czech
Republic, Australian High Commission, Embassy of the Federal Republic
of Germany, Royal Norwegian Embassy and European Union Commission.The
foreign Embassies expressed their deep concern about the sufferings of
the Tibetan people in Ngaba and assured their full support to bring an
end to the repression.The Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
and the India-Tibet Co-ordination Office in New Delhi jointly arranged
the delegation’s meeting with the foreign Embassy officials. Core Group for Tibetan Cause India to observe ‘A Day of Kirti Monastery’The
Core Group for Tibetan Cause, India, met with the Tibetan Parliamentary
delegation to discuss the Chinese government’s repression on Kirti
Monastery in northeastern Tibet. Dr. N.K. Trilhka, National
Convener of Core Group for Tibetan Cause and Mr. S.P. Malaviya, a
former minister of India briefed Mr Jaswant Sinha, a former cabinet
minister of India, about the worsening situation in Tibet. Mr
Jaswant Sinha, former foreign minister of India, expressed his deep
concern about the prevailing situation in Tibet and extended his full
support for the Tibetan people.The Core Group for Tibetan Cause
will observe ‘A day of Kirti Monastery’ in different parts of India to
mark the death of Phuntsog, a monk of Kirti Monastery, who set himself
on fire on 16 March 2011 to protest the Chinese government’s brutal
repression on the peaceful protests which shook Tibet in 2008.