Friday, January 25, 2013

Week Ending January 25, 2013

International Tibet Network News Digest & Analysis: 25 Jan 2013

Self-Immolations, Protests, and Restrictions in Tibet

China arrests Tibetan in new tactic against self-immolation - TV NZ25 January | A Tibetan man who studied in exile in India, Phagpa (27), has been arrested on charges of inciting a Tibetan monk to commit self-immolation.
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/china-arrests-tibetan-in-new-tactic-against-self-immolation-5326159

Teen Tibetan dies before self-immolations protest; Leaves note for the Dalai Lama’s return - Phayul24 January | Jigjey Kyab (17) intended to self-immolate but died of kerosene poisoning before being able to set himself alight near a busy intersection in Luchu region.
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Teen+Tibetan+dies+before+self-immolation+protest%2C+Leaves+note+for+the+Dalai+Lama%E2%80%99s+return&id=32914

Tibetan Man Dies After Self Immolation - VOA22 January | Kunchok Kyab (23) set himself ablaze in Bora township near Labrang monastery, and passed away from his injuries. Chinese officials seized his body.
http://www.voanews.com/content/tibetan-man-dies-after-self-immolation/1588778.html

Related
Tibetans challenge China’s dictat, To hold public prayer service for self-immolator - Phayul23 January | Tibetans in the Bora region will hold a public funeral prayer sit-in at the Chinese government offices as they seek information on the whereabouts of Kunchok Kyab’s body.

Tibetans fight back against declining “reverence for nature” - China Dialogue24 January | An NGO staff group goes in search of ordinary Tibetans taking action to protect the environment.
http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5638-Tibetans-fight-back-against-declining-reverence-for-nature-

China’s latest restriction for Tibetans: No passports - Washington Post23 January | Tibetan rights groups say that Chinese authorities have not issued any new passports to Tibetans living in the Tibetan autonomous region for almost a year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/01/23/chinas-latest-restriction-for-tibetans-no-passports/

Monks self-censoring about self-immolation - The Globe and Mail22 January | Foreign reporters travel to Kangding to speak with monastics about the recent wave of self-immolations.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-china-diaries/monks-self-censoring-about-self-immolation/article7651181/

Opinion and Analysis

Tsering Kyi speaks about her nephew’s self-immolation - Youtube24 January | Blogger Tsering Kyi speaks to Al-Jazeera’s The Stream about her brother’s son Tsering Tashi who self-immolated January 12.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLlY3ToeF34

Notes From A Trip Back to Lhasa -  High Peaks Pure Earth22 January | A translation of Woeser’s description of her trip from Beijing to Lhasa and the difficulties her group faced along the way as Tibetans.
http://highpeakspureearth.com/2013/notes-from-a-trip-back-to-lhasa-by-woeser/

China, Tibet, and Religious Oppression -  Council on Foreign Relations17 January | Ellen Bork, Director of Democracy and Human Rights at the Foreign Policy Initiative, leads a conference-call conversation on religious oppression inside Tibet.
http://www.cfr.org/china/china-tibet-religious-oppression/p29815#cid=soc-facebook-at-audio-china_tibet_and_religious_oppr-011713

On Fire I Will Burn -  Truthdig15 January | Bhuchung Sonam addresses the failures of Chinese policies in Tibet, with forced nomad resettlement, removing Tibetan language from schools, and restrictions on Buddhism as major factors leading Tibetans to self-immolate.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/on_fire_i_will_burn_20130115//

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