Report uncovers indiscriminate firing on Tibetan protesters
in 2008[Wednesday, 1 December
2010, 2:26 p.m.]
A new
report confirms indiscriminate firing by the Chinese security forces on
peaceful Tibetan protesters in Tibet in March 2008DHARAMSHALA:
The Central Tibetan Administration received a list of 6 Tibetans who
were shot dead during peaceful demonstration in Tibet’s capital Lhasa in
March 2008.Their names tally with those which appeared in the
list of casualties (death) compiled by the Central Tibetan
Administration in 2008 based on information received from Tibet. An
estimated 227 Tibetans have died under China’s crackdown since March
2008, out of which about 107 were shot dead by indiscriminate firing.The
deceased were identified as (1) Dechung, resident of House No 1, 6th
Lugug Street in Lhasa; (2) Lhakpa Tsering, resident of House No 11, 2nd
Lugug Street, Lhasa; (3) Tenzin Dolkar, resident of House No 9
Tengyeling, Bharkor; (4) Pentuk, resident of House No 1, Gaden Khangsar
in Lhasa,; (5) Tashi Tsering, House No 43, Gyatso town, Lhasa, under
town council (6) Wangdue Dhargye, resident of 5th division of block
development office, Lhasa. The report said they participated in
the peaceful protest against five decades of wrong policies of the
Chinese government.Following the March protest, the Chinese
government gave false information on Tibetans killed and wounded during
the so called “3-14 incident” to the international media in a serious of
press conferences convened by the government’s Public Security Bureau
in Beijing. Moreover, it deliberately tried to cover up brutal killing
of Tibetan protesters by the Chinese security forces.The new
report, therefore, exposed the Chinese government’s premeditated
attempts to delude the international community over its ruthless firing
on peaceful Tibetan protesters in March 2008.
