Thursday, February 28, 2013

Week Ending March 1, 2013

International Tibet Network News Digest & Analysis: 1 March 2013

Self-Immolations, Protests, and Restrictions in Tibet
Tibetan self-immolates in Ngaba County - RFA26 February | Sangdag, a monk from Diphu monastery, self-immolated publicly in Ngaba county and was hospitalized.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/county-02262013110730.html

Two Tibetans self-immolate at monasteries during prayer ceremonies in Amdo - ICT25 February | Tsetsung Kyab (27) self-immolated at Shitsang Gonsar monastery in Luchu, and Phagmo Dundrup (20s) set himself on fire at Chachung monastery.
http://savetibet.org/media-center/ict-news-reports/two-tibetans-self-immolate-monasteries-during-prayer-ceremonies-amdo

Tibetan youth sentenced over self-immolation photos in mobile phone - Phayul22 February | Thangka painting student Ngawang Topden (20) was sentenced to 2 years in prison because his mobile phone contained images of self-immolating Tibetans as well as the Tibetan national flag.
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=33082&article=Tibetan+youth+sentenced+over+self-immolation+photos+in+mobile+phone

Chinese Police Detain, Beat Tibetan Protesters - RFA22 February | Tibetans refused to fly Chinese national flags during Lunar New Year, and were beaten and detained after stomping on the flags and holding a public protest.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detain-02222013163235.html

News
U.S. Officials Hoped Chinese Liberalization Program for Tibet in Early 1980s Would Bring Significant Improvements - National Security Archives (US)1 March | Declassified government documents assess Bejing’s policies in Tibet and their collapse.
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB414/

China open letters calls for reforms - BBC27 February | Over 100 prominent Chinese journalists, activists, and scholars petition that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights be ratified.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21597752

Related
Prominent Chinese call human rights progress - ICT27 February | A translation of the open letter and context surrounding its development.

China Bars New Canadian Ambassador From Visiting Tibet - Huffington Post26 February | Guy Saint-Jacques was denied permission by Beijing to enter Tibet.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/02/26/china-canada-ambassador_n_2768156.html?just_reloaded=1

Dislocation, Dislocation, Dislocation - New York Times25 February | Tibetan nomads on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau face social and economic obstacles with forced resettlement.
http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/dislocation-dislocation-dislocation/

Tibetans Fight China With ‘Weapons of the Weak’ - VOA26 February | Lhakar as cultural resistance movement grows stronger as it allows for multiple ways to participate and accommodates many political stances.
http://www.voanews.com/content/tibet-protest-resistance-lhakar/1610934.html


Opinion and Analysis
Open Letter to PM Bhattarai - Nepali Times28 February | Jigme Ugen and Tenpa Gashi write an open letter to Nepal’s Prime Minister Bhattarai concerning the remains of Drupchen Tsering (25) who self-immolated 13 Feb.
http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2013/02/28/open-letter-to-pm-bhattarai/

A Tibetan Intellectual, Naktsang Nulo, Shares His Thoughts On Self-Immolations In Tibet - High Peaks Pure Earth26 February | Naktsang Nulo, a Tibetan living inside the PRC, publicly appeals for Tibetans not to self-immolate.
http://highpeakspureearth.com/2013/a-tibetan-intellectual-naktsang-nulo-shares-his-thoughts-on-self-immolations-in-tibet/