Protesters Call for United Stand Against China’s Wrong Policy in Tibet: UpdateTuesday, 18 March 2009, 11:12 a.m.
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| Paramilitary police in anti-riot gear patrol near a checkpoint into the Tibetan quarters in Chengdu, southwestern China’s Sichuan province, Friday, 13 March 2009. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) |
Dharamshala: Calling
for unity and solidarity against the Chinese authorities’ ruthless
persecution and inhuman treatment of Tibetans across since March last
year, four Tibetan youths on last Saturday shouted slogans of
“Independence for Tibet” in Karze County in Karze Tibet Autonomous
Prefecture, sources in Tibet said.The sources identified these
youths as Namsel Dorjee, aged 28; Karma Norbu, aged 17; Rinchen
Wangsel, aged 16 and Sangye Tsering aged 17. They belong to Susada
Gechung village in Thingkha town in Karze.Following the
protests, they were immediately detained by the local police and
currently locked up in a new detention centre near Karze People’s
Hospital.Some of the relatives who came to offer food and clothes were denied access by the Public Security Bureau, sources said.Jamyang,
father of one of the above detainee, Karma Norbu, was arrested for his
role in a peaceful demonstration in Tibet last year. He is still in
prison and known to be in very poor health. His two sons – Sangpo and
Dorjee – are also undergoing three-year imprisonment forced upon them
for expressing their resentment against the wrong policies of the
Chinese government.Monks in Chentsa Mark Uprising DayFollowing
attempts to mark the 50th anniversary of Tibetan national uprising day
by Tibetans in Chentsa County (Ch: Jianza) in Malho Tibet Autonomous
Prefecture, the area has been kept under heightened restriction.On
10 March, monks from Ngangrong Tashi Choephel Monastery in Chentsa held
incense burning ceremony (Sangsol) on a surrounding hill to commemorate
the Tibetan national uprising day.Six young monks were reported to be detained for taking part in the ceremony by the local Public Security Bureau Police.On
the same day, youths from the nearby Nyenmo Deva and Lu Gyal Deva
village performed Sangsol to mark the uprising day. Some of the youths
have known to be arrested. Owing to strict restriction in the area,
sources could not provide identities of the detainees and the time of
arrest.The Chinese government’s brutal clampdown in Tibetan
areas across the three traditional provinces of Tibet last year left
more than 220 Tibetans dead and 1,294 injured. More than 5,600 people
are still under arrest or detention and more than 1,000 are reportedly
missing.
