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Another Tibetan Self-Immolates in Protest Against China, This Time in India Article Written by Rajeshwari K, The Tibetpost International
Thousands of Tibetans and supporters gathering at the main temple in Dharamshala, India, on March 30 2012. Photo: TPI
Dharamshala: - All roads to Mcleodganj were teeming with people on Friday as Tibetans poured in to pay homage to Jamphel Yeshi, who died after setting himself ablaze on March 26, protesting against the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Yeshi’s body was brought from Delhi on Friday. He died on Wednesday. His coffin was first placed at the Tsuglagkhang temple near the palace of the Dalai Lama, where more than 7,000 Tibetans gathered. A prayer session was also held at the temple. There were emotional scenes at Tsuglagkhang courtyard as Tibetans wept inconsolably. “He was very close to me. He was the first to attend religious gatherings and prayer sessions,” said Pempa Dhundup, who shared his room with Yeshi at the hostel of Tibetan Transit School in Dharamsala for over a year. See Page 2 ...
A Resolution On The Critical Situiation In Tibet
New Delhi, India: More than 31 case of Tibetans self-immolating in protest of the repressive Chinese regime inside Tibet, 27year-old Jamphel Yeshi set himself on fire at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi around 12.30pm IST. A resident of Majnu Ka Tilla in New Delhi, Yeshi escaped Tibet in 2006 and has been living in India since then. Eyewitnesses state that he set himself on fire and ran for 100 meters before Tibetan protestors along with Indian police officials present at the site doused the fire and took him to a nearby hospital. Sources stated that his flesh has been severely burnt and that the skin peeling off his torso was clearly visible from the back of the vehicle he was towed away in. This incident took place when Tibetan activists from across India were protesting the scheduled visit of the Chinese President to New Delhi for the BRICS summit on 28th March. Even as they held protests to urge the international community to intervene in the current crackdown in Tibet carried out by the Chinese government, Yeshi, engulfed in flames came running out from a nearby closed compound. Sources state that Yeshi has suffered 98% burns and is currently in the emergency room of Ram Manohar Hospital in New Delhi. Incidentally, today also marks the completion of a century since the declaration of war against the Manchu forces’ occupying of Tibet in 1912. OVERVIEW 31 Tibetans have set themselves on fire since 2009 protesting the repressive Chinese policies and demanding the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet.
A Tibetan man screams as heanniversary runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a in protest in New Delhi, Chinese President Commemorate the 53rd of the Tibetan National Uprising Day Dharamsala, India, India, on 10 ahead Marchof2012. Photo: TPI Hu Jintao's visit to the country Monday, March 26, 2012. Photo: AP
Beijing Is Responsible for the Tibet Self-Immolation Protests Third session of the 15th Tibetan Parliament photo: TPIE Dharamshala, India: After extensive deliberation during the third session of the 15th House, the Tibetan Parliamentin-exile unanimously passed a resolution to seek intervention from the international community on March 14, 2012. See Page 5 ...
Erasing Tibetan Indentity? Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the political leader of Tibet speaking to reporters at the Kashag Hall of the Tibetan Government in exile. Photo: TPI /file
By Colleen McKown, The Tibet Post International
Dharamshala: - On March 26, the Central Tibetan Administration released a statement entitled "At Least Seven Reasons Why Beijing is Responsible for the SelfImmolations in Tibet." The statement rejects Beijing's claims that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is encouraging acts of self-immolation in Tibet. The Chinese government seeks to portray the selfimmolations as a political plot used by those calling for Tibetan independence. A spokesman for the Chinese Australian academic , Mr. Gabriel Lafitte. Photo: TPI
Dharamshala: - Zhu Weiqun, of the CCP United Front, has boldly proposed abolishing all reference to nationality on the identity cards all Chinese citizens must carry, and frequently produce for inspection. This latest step towards erasing Tibetan identity as a category with legal meaning, did not come from See Page 10.... nowhere.
Academic Dialogue on Tibet
TWA organizes a crucial Panel Discussion on the eve of Hu Jintao’s India visit. Photo: TPI
New Delhi, March 27, 2012: In the wake of heightening Tibetan resistance and desperation, intensifying Chinese military response, and Asia’s looming water crisis threatening the future of regional stability, there is no doubt that the global eye has shifted east. See Page 9 ...
government told the Associated Press recently that the Dalai Lama and his associates have single-handedly planned the self-immolations of Tibetans. CTA states that, on the contrary, His Holiness discourages drastic actions, and that the Kashag has called repeatedly for Tibetans to refrain from extreme measures in official statements on January 26 and March 10. The selfimmolations, according to the CTA, keep occurring against the wishes of His Holiness and the Kashag because of the Chinese government's occupation and harsh actions against the Tibetans. Since 2009, 30 self-immolations have occurred in Tibet. The Tibetans who have committed such acts were protesting Beijing's repressive policies and calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet. In response, the Chinese government has stregnthened their repressive measures and deployed more military forces. CTA claims, "responsibility for the present tense situation lies entirely with Beijing and so does the solution." His Holiness the Dalai Lama has advocated only for peace, says CTA: "He has repeatedly stated that the Tibetan struggle is not against the Chinese people or China as a nation. Furthermore, he has openly expressed his admiration for Chinese civilization and praised Chinese work ethics."
29 Members of SFT Released
New Delhi – Twenty nine Tibetan activists, who were arrested at the actions organized by Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) India in the last two days during Hu Jintao’s presence in India for the BRICS summit, have been released. "Hu Jintao is responsible for over two decades of violence and suffering in Tibet. His brutal and violent occupation of Tibet, coupled with abuses committed against his own people, clearly show the truth that China today remains an unchanged, repressive and authoritarian state,” said Dorjee Tsetan, National Director of Students for a Free Tibet-India. “Tibetans in Tibet – and in exile – have been galvanized by the events of the past several months, and are doing everything possible to build political momentum for an international diplomatic intervention to save Tibetan lives. We call on all people of conscience in India and around the world to stand with Tibetans at this time of crisis. To stand with Tibet is to stand for freedom, justice, and peace." TIBETAN ACTIVISTS PROTEST HU JINTAO
Another Tibetan Dies In Self-immolation Protest Against Chinese Rule By: YC. Dhardhowa, The Tibet Post International
Dharamshala: - On March 28, a young Tibetan monk has become the latest to set himself on fire in protest against the China's Authoritarian Regime, according to a sources inside Tibet. He died in the main street of his hometown Chashang Raruwa. Lobsang Sherab, a 20 years old Buddhist monk died after setting himself on fire Wednesday evening in Ngaba county, Amdho, north-eastern Tibet. Sources said armed Chinese troop and police arrived and took his body away, ignoring repeated pleas to hand it over to his family members. More than 30 people have self-immolated, or attempted to, over the past year in eastern and north-eastern Tibet to protest Beijing's heavy-handed rule. Tibetans say China's crackdown is harshly oppressive, Tibetans have no other way to voice their protests. Sherab who studied at the Kirti monastery in Ngaba county, North-Eastern Tibet (Chinese: Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ) set himself ablaze on Wednesday, exiled Tibetan monks Kanyag Tsering and Losang Yeshe said in a statement. Source said armed Chinese police removed Sherab's body to prevent local residents from taking it to hold a funeral. Sherab shouted slogans as he burned on the main street in his hometown of Jialuo, then died at the site. Sherab became a monk at the local Ganden Tenpeling monastery in Raruwa when he was 9 years old. He joined
Kirti monastery for higher studies in October 2012. "Immediately after the incident took place, armed police imposed a security clampdown on the township, the statement further added. "These days 300 Chinese government officials "of undisclosed position / rank" are stationed at Kirti monastery, and throughout Ngaba, upper,middle and lower, armed police and special police forces are maintaining a security clampdown." A Tibetan in exile named Jampal Yeshi who set himself on fire in India earlier this week to protest a visit by China's president died on Wednesday. Yeshi became the second Tibetan to die in India after setting himself on fire during protests. Thupten Ngodup, a 60-year-old set himself on fire in Delhi and died on April 27th, 1998 for the Tibet cause. Overview Thirty one Tibetans have been confirmed to have selfimmolated since February 27, 2009, twenty six men, five women. twenty three of the thirty one are known to have died following their protest, according to an US based ICT report. Twenty of the thirty one are from Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, One is from Chamdo prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region, five are from Tibetan Autonomous areas in Qinghai province, Seven of the 31 were monks at Kirti monastery in Ngaba. See Page 2 ...
Leader of SFT India among those arrested in the protests. Photo: SFT By: Student for A Free Tibet
New Delhi - Seven Tibetan activists including Dorjee Tsetan, National Director of Students for a Free Tibet-India, were arrested while staging a demonstration against Hu Jintao in front of the Oberoi Hotel, where Hu has been staying. The protestors had painted across their chests slogans such as “Swaraj My Birth Right” and “Free Tibet.” The protest, fourth in a series of direct action protests staged by Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) India, took place an hour before Hu Jintao was to leave for Cambodia after the BRICS summit. Twenty-nine activists have been arrested in the actions organized by SFT India in the last two days. “Just as the Indians successfully threw off the chains of British rule, we Tibetans are protesting here today for the freedom of our homeland from China’s colonial oppression,” said Dorjee Tsetan, National Director of Students for a Free Tibet-India. “The dignified mantra of the Indian independence movement “Swaraj is my birthright” rings true for us as we struggle to achieve the right to Tibetan self-rule.”