Update on Tibet Demonstrations, 16 July 2008
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 4:44 p.m.
Dharamshala: Update on Tibet Demonstrations, 16 July 2008
Last updated 4 p.m. (IST)
12 July 2008
Ngaba (Ch: Aba) County, Ngaba “TAP”, Amdo (incorporated into a Chinese province of Sichuan) – Security cameras being installed in Tokdhen monastery to closely watch the movements of its monks
An additional People’s Armed Police (PAP) arrived at Tokdhen monastery
in Ngaba county on 12 July and intensified the restrictions. The
monastery is wired up in order to install the security cameras to
closely watch the movements of the monks.
Those monks who have fled the monastery were ordered to return
before 15 July. Whereabouts of Lama Kyab and Trinkho, both monks from
Tokdhen monastery who were arrested this March, are unknown. The
Chinese authorities have started intensifying restrictions in the
monasteries in Ngaba county.
10 July 2008
Lhasa – One more arrested allegedly for undertaking political activities
Thupten, around 40-year-old businessman, was arrested from his
house by the Public Security Bureau (PSB) in Lhasa on 10 July as he was
suspected of carrying out political activities. His whereabouts is
unknown.
He was born in a place near Dhargye monastery in Karze county, Kham, and is a resident of Lhasa
30 June 2008
Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) County, Kanlho “TAP”, Amdo (incorporated into a Chinese province of Gansu) – Two arrested monks from Labrang monastery transferred to Lanzhou in China
On around 30 June, Tsultrim Gyatso (37) and Chone Khedup (around
40), both monks from Labrang monastery in Labrang township, Sangchu
county, were shifted to a prison in Lanzhou in China.
The Chinese forces have searched for them following their
escape to the mountain during the recent protests. They were arrested
under gunfire by the Chinese forces.
No Specific Date
Karze (Ch: Ganzi) County, Karze “TAP”, Kham (incorporated into a Chinese province of Sichuan) – Ten monks from an unidentified monastery shifted to Sangyib Prison
In July, around 10 monks from an unidentified monastery located
in Karze county were transferred to Sangyib Prison towards the north of
Lhasa. Tenzin Soepa, Nyima Tashi, and Gelek were identified among them.
Detailed information regarding their arrest and others are not
available.
According to some sources, they are likely from Kathok monastery in Palyul (Ch: Baiyu) county, Karze “TAP”.
