International Tibet Network News Digest & Analysis: 31 January 2014
Protests and Restrictions in Tibet
Military forces deployed in Drango - Free Tibet
30 January | Photographs obtained by Free Tibet show a large military deployment on the
streets of Drango, south-east Tibet. Armoured cars and other military vehicles arrived in
the town on 26 of this month ahead of the Chinese New Year.
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China in Show of Force Over Shooting Anniversary in Tibetan Town - RFA
30 January | Chinese armed police are patrolling the streets of Draggo county in the
Kardze prefecture in an apparent attempt to prevent Tibetans from observing the
anniversary of the Jan. 23, 2012 violent crackdown by Chinese security forces on
peaceful protests by Tibetans calling for freedom from Chinese rule.
Tibetan Laborer Held, Tortured Over Dalai Lama Photos, Audio - RFA
29 January | Norgyay, a day laborer from Dingri county in the Tibet Autonomous Region’s
Shigatse prefecture, was seized in the region’s capital Lhasa on Jan. 14 during a random
police check on the stored content of mobile phones carried by Tibetans.
Concerns for Tibetan sentenced to death in Ngaba after secret trial - RFA
28 January | There are serious concerns for a Tibetan man, Dolma Kyab, who was
sentenced to death in August (2013) after being accused of murdering his wife, Kunchok
Wangmo. Reports from Tibetan sources indicate that she may have self-immolated and that
the authorities have sought to build a case against Dolma Kyab.
Petition: Release Khenpo Kartse Now - Free Tibetan Heroes
28 January | Take action to urge Luo Huining, Qinghai Party Secretary, and Liu Zhiqiang,
Director of Qinghai Province Public Security Bureau, to immediately release Khenpo Kartse.
News
Feb 13, 2014 Year of the Tibetan Empire - SFT
30 January | On February 13, Students for a Free Tibet will mark the day by celebrating the
great legacy of the Tibetan Empire to challenge China's propaganda about Tibetan history as
well as to strengthen the case for Tibet on the global stage.
Major fires over past year devastate important Tibetan towns, monasteries - ICT
27 January | This report features images of a number of fires in Tibetan sites, including
three ancient and important monasteries, all but one in the Tibetan area of Kham in Sichuan
since December 2012.
China sentences Xu Zhiyong, legal activist, to 4 years in prison - New York Times
27 January | Xu Zhiyong was convicted of “gathering a crowd to disturb public order,” a
charge that stemmed from his role organizing a grass-roots New Citizens Movement, which
sought to give voice to public discontent over official corruption and social injustice.
Opinion and Analysis
Tibet’s Panchen Lama - Huffington Post
29 January | Thubten Samphel, director of the Tibet Policy Institute, writes “Panchen Lama
while working within the Chinese communist establishment chose to be its most vocal critic.
How he did it is a story of courage, personal tragedy and how Tibet in his view could
productively co-exist with modern China without losing its Buddhist soul.”
The 10th Panchen Lama and Xi Jinping’s father - Chinese Leaders
28 January | This blog discusses Xi Zhongxun’s eulogy to the 10th Panchen Lama to see
what clues it provides to Xi senior’s true attitudes to the Tibetan
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