Thursday, February 6, 2014

Week Ending January 31, 2014


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.
http://www.freetibet.org/news-media/na/military-forces-deployed-drango
Related
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.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/force-01302014170751.html
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.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/audio-01292014160017.html
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.
http://www.savetibet.org/concerns-for-tibetan-sentenced-to-death-in-ngaba-after-secret-tri
al/
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.
http://freetibetanheroes.org/release-khenpo-kartse-now/
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.
https://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/campaigns/political-action/february-13-2014-year-of-
the-tibetan-empire
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.
http://www.savetibet.org/major-fires-over-past-year-devastate-important-tibetan-towns-mo
nasteries/
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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/world/asia/china-sentences-xu-zhiyong-to-4-years-for
-role-in-protests.html?_r=0
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.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thubten-samphel/tibets-panchen-lama_b_4685406.html
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
Posted by at No comments:

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Week Ending January 17, 2014

International Tibet Network News Digest & Analysis: 17 January 2014
Protests, Restrictions, Releases in Tibet
Action: Release Khenpo Kartse Now - International Tibet Network
17 January | On 6th December 2013, Chinese authorities arrested a highly respected Buddhist Abbot, Khenpo Kartse, for allegedly "endangering state security." Khenpo is well known in the community for promoting unity, language rights and culture amongst the Tibetan people. A futher sixteen monks were also detained for peacefully protesting for his immediate release. Take Action NOW! Urge Liu Zhiqiang, Director of Qinghai Province Public Security Bureau, to immediate release Khenpo Kartse and the sixteen monks.
Residents Rally for Detained Tibetan Monk in China - ABC News
16 January | Hundreds of residents and monks in western China's Qinghai province gathered in front of a jail this week in a rare rally to demand the release of a highly respected Tibetan monk, a Tibetan writer and a local person said Thursday.
Tibetan writer Kunga Tsayang released from prison after 5 years - TCHRD
15 January | Writer, essayist, blogger, chronicler, environmentalist and amateur photographer Kunga Tsayang has been released after serving almost five years’ of imprisonment for allegedly writing political essays criticizing Chinese policies in Tibet.
News
China media: Tibetan blaze probe - BBC
15 January | On Monday, the Shangri-la county government told a news briefing that a guesthouse operator setting her window curtains alight in an electrical accident was the initial cause of the fire, the Beijing Times said. But four hours later, the deputy police chief of Deqen prefecture, which governs Shangri-la, held an emergency press conference to say the cause of the fire was still under investigation.
Congress funds again Tibet programs in 2014 spending bill - ITC
15 January | The U.S. Congress continued its steady support for Tibet through the provision of approximately $19 million for Tibet programs through the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill on January 15, and the Senate soon thereafter.
Opinion and Analysis
Chinese-Flag-Resisting Driru County Keeps Tibetan Struggle Alive - RFA
15 January | Driru, a Tibetan county that has attracted global attention for waging a persistent struggle against a Chinese campaign of forced displays of loyalty, has for nearly a decade been a major center of resistance to Beijing’s rule, analysts say.
China’s Brand New, Centuries Old, Shangri-la - The Atlantic
14 January | Locals I met told me that tourism and investment had robbed Dukezong of its identity, and to find the genuine article I had to wander away from the town and into the surrounding villages, where Tibetan and Naxi people lived in basic, shabby homes.
Taking Control of Our Own Narratives: A Tibetan Writer Speaks - Huffington Post
16 January | High school student Sophia Slater interviews Tibetan writer Bhuchung D Sonam about his past, his work in exile, and what he sees as important for Tibet’s future.


Posted by at No comments:

Week Ending January 12, 2014

International Tibet Network News Digest & Analysis: 12 January 2013
Protests and Restrictions in Tibet
Twenty Tibetans held in protest against tunnel digging in Sichuan County - RFA
9 January | More than 1,000 People's Armed Police, a paramilitary force, swooped on
Pondha town in Dege county to contain rising opposition to the project, nabbing those
leading the protests, the sources said.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/swoop-01092014195701.html
Three Tibetans sentenced over self-immolation in Gansu - RFA
9 January | Dorje Rabten, Kalsang Jinpa, and Dorje Tashi were sentenced on Jan. 2 by the
Tsoe city court in Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, according to a source in Tibet.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/sentencings-01092014180357.html
News
Fire at important Tibetan Buddhist institute - ICT
10 January | According to Tibetans in the area who posted the photos on social media, the
fire affected the area where nuns live at Larung Gar, home to Serthar Buddhist Institute in
Kardze prefecture in Sichuan, with at least 100 homes of nuns being burnt down.
http://www.savetibet.org/fire-at-important-tibetan-buddhist-institute/
Related
Blaze ravages ancient Tibetan town - BBC
11 January | Casualties have not so far been reported. The blaze was put out by
2,000 firefighters, police and volunteers, according to local media. Many residents
had to be evacuated and the damage was estimated to be worth 100m yuan ($16m,
£10m), state TV reports.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25694902
Fire partially destroys ancient Tibetan town - Al Jazeera
11 January | He Yu, a resident, said she woke to loud, explosion-like sounds. "The
fire was huge. The wind was blowing hard, and the air was dry. I was scared
because my home is a little distance away from the ancient town,'' she told news
agency AP. "It kept burning, and the firefighters were there, but there was little they
could do because they could not get the fire engines onto the old town's narrow
streets."
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/01/fire-partially-destroys-ancient-t
ibetan-town-201411182722924558.html
World’s largest Tibetan Buddhist institute ravaged by fire - Time
10 January | The fire broke out at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday and around 450 people
joined the rescue operations, where uniformed personnel could be seen working
through the debris side by side with people in Buddhist robes.
http://world.time.com/2014/01/10/worlds-largest-tibetan-buddhist-institute-ravaged-
by-fire/
Opinion and Analysis
How Xi can solve the Tibet problem  - The Diplomat
11 January | Xi Jinping could help quiet unrest in Tibet simply by making sure existing
policies are enacted more efficiently.
http://thediplomat.com/2014/01/how-xi-can-solve-the-tibet-problem/
The dispossession of Tibet’s nomads  - Counterpunch
10 January | As unjust as the Israeli nation building policy is, as a program of coercive
nomadic resettlement it pales in comparison, in scope and in scale, with a much larger
catastrophe for global nomadic culture currently playing out in the great plains of western
China-the Western Development Program, Xabu Da Kaifa in Chinese.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/01/10/the-dispossession-of-tibets-nomads/
Stumbling toward a more level-headed debate on independence v autonomy in 2014?
- TPR
9 January | We believe that Tibetan society must develop a better way to constructively
discuss the independence/autonomy issue. This is one of the most important existential
issues Tibet faces. There must be a way to have a passionate debate without resorting to
personal attacks, emotional outbursts, or insinuations of disloyalty. It is not an exaggeration
to say that the success of the Tibetan cause may depend on it.
http://www.tibetanpoliticalreview.org/editorials/stumblingtowar
Posted by at No comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)