Families still searching for their relatives arrested in 2008 Tibet protest [Thursday, 22 July 2010, 4:05 p.m.]

20-year-old Kunga shot dead by Chinese security forces on 24 March 2008 in Karze in Tibet’s Kham Province

Dharamshala:
The Central Tibetan Administration received reports of the events that
followed the peaceful protest led by monks of Sera monastery near
Tibet’s capital Lhasa on 11 March 2008 and the subsequent brutal
clampdown by the Chinese government.When a group of Tibetan
monks led a peaceful demonstration in Lhasa on 10 March, the monks of
Sera monastery joined them despite repressive measures imposed by
monastic committee and special armed police. As a mark of solidarity,
the residents of Tibetan community located near the monastery also
joined the protest on hearing reports of severe beating of the monks by
the police.Twenty-year-old Gyaltsen and a group of Tibetan youths were arrested and tortured by police on 11 March 2008. Now after more than two years, their whereabouts still remain unknown. The
family members could not find Gyaltsen, a native of Phusum town in
Nyemo County, who was working as a tailor in Lhasa when he was arrested
for taking part in the protest.Similarly, on 11 March 2008 many
more Tibetans were beaten and arrested during a raid conducted by a
large contingent of public security bureau, special armed police in
over 100 homes under the pretext of their role in 10 March protest.
Some of the Tibetans were severely beaten during the time of their
arrest. One of them was later released, but the fate of others remain
unknown despite search efforts by their family members. The
names of those arrested are: Tenzin, Tasang, Khyikyag, Wangdue, Phurbu,
Namsey, Migmar, Pema; Kelsang, Tenzin, Dawa Tsering, Lhagwang Wangdue,
Pasang, Khando, Norbu, Pasang Tsering, Pasang, Dorjee Tsering,
Namgang,  Nyima Tsering, Tashi Dorjee, Phurbu Ngodup, Lhakpa, Penpa,
Dachoe, Phurbu and Tsering Lasang.Meanwhile, a photo of late
20-year-old Kunga with gun-shot wounds made its way to the outside,
which substantiates the human rights abuse and repression prevailing in
Tibet. Kunga was a monk of Chogri monastery located in Drakgo
County in Karze. He was shot dead by Chinese security forces when he
along with fellow monks were helping Tibetans wounded during a peaceful
protest in Drakgo county on 24 March 2008.