Unconquerable Tibetan Voices Against Repression in Tibet: Report

Dharamshala: Reports of peaceful protests by Tibetans in different parts of Tibet continue to surface as the Chinese government stepped up its crackdown prominently in the capital Lhasa and other Tibetan inhabited areas at the onset of this month.

According to reliable information received by the Central Tibetan Administration, innocent former Tibetan political prisoners, Tibetans suspected for political activities and those who are not permanent residents of Lhasa city, are being subjected to intensive interrogation and arbitrarily arrested during the crackdown by armed police and special Public Security Bureau personnel.

Those arrested were severely beaten up and sent into police custody at Peding village in Tsel Gungthang township under the jurisdiction of Lhasa city. Moreover, all the detainees were forced to put up in a single detention room and they are kept without food.

Some of the detainees are known to be released and handed over to their families. Few others are still are under detention.

Around ten security check points have been installed between Lhasa and Gongkar Airport, and people travelling on this route are thoroughly searched.

Peaceful protests in other Tibetan areas

In another incident Tibetans gathered in large numbers around Onpo monastery in Dzachukha on 1 March and they raised peaceful slogans after burning pelts. Burning of animal skins throughout Tibet and, particularly in Amdo Province, started in 2006 after the advice of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to abstain from wearing unnecessary heavy jewels and shun using endangered species product.

On the 51st Tibetan National Uprising Day on 10 March, residents of Tsangshoe township in Markham County staged peaceful demonstration.

There was report of peaceful protest by a Tibetan nun and one youth in Karze County on the same day.

In Ngapa Prefecture in Tibet's Amdo Province, police arrested a group of Tibetans as they were prostrating towards Kirti monastery on 10 March.

Students lead peaceful protests in Kanlho

After a peaceful demonstration led by a group of 15 students from a high school in Machu County in Tibet's Amdo Province on 15 March, a large number military personnel were deployed to tighten control in the region.

Tibetan voices against repression continue unabated

The Chinese government has deployed large contingent of army personnel in different parts of Tibet as if in a state of war. But Tibetans living inside continue to stage peaceful campaigns through different ways which reaffirm their incomparable courage.

source tibet.net