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| 2,000 Tibetans protest in Ragya 2009.03.22 (Phayul) - Around 2000 Tibetans came out on the streets of Ragya yesterday immediately after the news of a Tibetan monk's death spread among the residents. Protest demonstrations were carried out in front of the local police station and government offices. The angry protesters managed to snatch from police the Tibetan national flag that was earlier confiscated by the Chinese officials. The protest was sparked by the death of Tashi Sangpo, aged 28, who took his own life by jumping into Machu river yesterday after authorities allegedly found leaflets and the banned Tibetan flag from his room. Tashi was a monk of Ragya monastery which has remained under complete lockdown since March 10 when leaflets containing political messages were circulated in the monastery and the banned Tibetan national flag was hoisted atop the monastery's main prayer hall. more> |
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| CCP Admits Increasing Troops in Tibet (NTDTV) - yesterday Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Jintao said more troops have been sent to Tibet ahead of the 50 year anniversary of the Red Armys invasion there. Protests have already been underway in the region. In Guolou a police car and fire engine were blown up. Amnesty International says further troops increases will only lead to more unrest in the region. |
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Explosion demolishes police cars in Qinghai (NHK) - Tibetan residents of the western Chinese province of Qinghai clashed with police on Sunday. Later, 2 police cars were destroyed by explosions. The official Xinhua news agency reported that about a dozen Tibetan people were protesting before a police station in the Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in support of a Tibetan lumber truck driver who was stopped at a checkpoint. It also reported that the blasts, caused by handmade bombs, took place early Monday morning near the site of the clash. |
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| China deploys extra troops along Tibet border China has ramped up its military presence along the Tibetan border ahead of Tursday's 50th anniversary of a failed anti-Chinese uprising that forced the Dalai Lama into exile. There have been protests against Chinese rule in recent weeks. |
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Tibetan monk self-immolates in protest against CCP repression
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Protesting Monk Shot by Chinese Police 2009.03.02 (NTDTV) - Last Friday, police in Chinas Sichuan Province shot a Tibetan monk who had set fire to himself in protest. The monk, named Tabe (TAH-BAY), protested after CCP officials in Aba county banned monks from observing a prayer festival that is part of the Tibetan New Year. Eyewitnesses say police fired three shots at the monk after he set himself on fire. Police then took him away in a van. His current condition is unknown. Tensions are rising in Aba county, where the CCP is placing heavy restrictions on Tibetan monks and monasteries ahead of March 10ัthe 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lamas exile. |
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| Tibetan New Year Celebrations to be quiet 2009.02.25 - Celebration of the Tibetan New Year will most likely be a quiet one this year. The day has taken on a new sensitivity following the fallout of a brief but widespread uprising by Tibetans last March against Chinese communist rule. This year's anniversary is extra sensitive as 2009 also marks the 50th anniversary that the Dalai Lama went into exile after a failed uprising against the communist regime. Some Tibetans, including exiles and intellectuals, are refraining from celebrating the New Year as a quiet protest gesture. [Sunom Cherong, Tibetan Monk]: "You should understand that the atmosphere this year has been affected by the riots (last year) and other activities overseas. This would mean that there would not be much of a New Year atmosphere this year because a lot of Tibetans are in jail and also because of these incidents. So I feel people would not be so interested in celebrating (the Tibetan New Year). As the Tibetan New Year approaches, communist authorities are also concerned about the chances of unrest recurring in the Tibetan regions across the country. In Kangding, a town in southwestern Sichuan Province, is historically part of Tibet and heavily populated by Tibetans. Chinese communist soldiers have gathered at a base camp on the town's outskirts while police cars cruise the streets ahead of the February 25 holiday. In Yajiang, a Tibetan town west of Kangding, police in helmets patrol the area carrying batons and manning roadblocks. Residents say Internet services throughout the area have been cut and people are unable to send or receive mobile telephone text messages. |
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| Tibetan Youth Tortured To Death by CCP Authorities 2009.01.28 - Tibetans-in-exile are mourning the death of one of their own in mainland China. They gathered in the city of Dharamshala to hold a candlelight vigil to remember the youth. This departed youth was allegedly tortured by Chinese police officials in Dzogang County of Chinese occupied Tibet. Students for a Free Tibet say three Tibetans were detained by Chinese communist security forces as they carried posters and raised slogans calling for a free Tibet. One of them was a young man named Pema Tsepak. Pema was later admitted to a hospital and was declared dead on January 23 after succumbing to his injuries sustained from beatings.
"We have decided to organize a candlelight vigil to express our grief and concern over the death of a youth in Chhamdo. He died due to injury inflicted on him by the Chinese police and he nearly expressed his concern and his wish. He did a very non-violent protest but he was beaten to death and that's why we have gathered here to mourn over his death", said B. Tsering of the Tibetan Women Association |
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DHARAMSALA (TCHRD) - According to a confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), Tabey, a monk Kirti Jepa Monastery, Ngaba County, Sichuan Province who self-immolated himself on 27 February 2009 as a mark of protest against the Chinese repression and rule is currently said to be hospitalized in a secret government hospital located in Chengdu city. (Tibet videos, Tibet films, Tibet movies, Films and Videos about Tibet
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