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Tibet Page 01. Vol. 01, Issue 40, 30 April 2011 China Arrests A Nun In Tibet

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Dr. Lobsang Sangay is the New Political Leader of Tibet By Cornelius Lundsgaard, The Tibet Post

Jampa Tso, a Tibetan nun who arrested recently in Tibet for free Tibet protest. Photo: TCHRD By The Tibet Post International

Dharamshala: - Jampa Tso, a nun from Badak Phuntsok Choeling Nunnery, Drangko County, Kardze "Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture", Sichuan, has been arrested after she shouted slogans calling for freedom in Tibet and distributed leaflets on 16 April 2011. According to a confirmed information sent to the Continues on Page 5....

Prostration Campaign for Panchen Lama

Rinpo Lama making prostrations. Photo: TPI By The Tibet Post International

St. Paul, Minnesota: - Friday, April 22nd, for the 3rd time, Rinpo Lama has elected to employ the traditional Tibetan form of pilgrimage: prostration, unfamiliar to most Minnesotans but well-known to all Tibetans in the hope of awakening the people of his adopted state to the cause of Tibet and the cause of rescuing the Panchen Lama. His first two were in 2008 and 2009. Rinpo will journey, laying his body down, one body length at a time, for part of each day starting Friday,

Dharamshala: -The next Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Central Tibetan Administration was announced in Dharamshala on Wednesday, April 27. At a press conference at the Lhakpa Tsering memorial Hall of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) all the results from the recent election were made public, revealing the Indian born, US-based Tibetan scholar and Harvard laureate, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, to be the winner of this 15th general election election with 55% of the total votes cast in his favor. Runner-up Tenzin Tethong's supporters granted him just above 37% of the votes while the last of the three candidates for Kalon Tripa, Tashi Wangdi, only received approximately 6,5% of the total votes. Speaking to a jam-packed audience of Tibetan, Indian and foreign journalists, the election committee chairman, Jampal Choesang, said that in this third Kalon Tripa election the voter turnout was the highest so far, reaching a total of 59% of the 83.399 eligible voters to have exercised their franchise. The election commission also announced the 47 newly elected members of the Tibetan Parliament; 30 members for U-Tsang, Do-tod and Do-med the three traditional provinces of Tibet which

hief Election Commissioner, Jampal Choesang, two additional commissioners, Ven. Rigzin Choedak, and Mr. Yangkho Gyal breifing at a press conference in Dharamshala, India on 27th April 2011. Photo: TPI

have ten members each - and the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and the traditional Bon religion who elect two members each. A further four members are elected by Tibetans in the West - two each from Europe and North America.

Rallying Prayers and March to Save Kirti Monastery

Had the Nepalese Government also allowed its Tibetan community to participate in the election the number would have presumably been even higher. "We tried our best (...) but in the last Continues on Page 10

Stop Crackdown in Ngaba, East Tibet

Members of Taiwan Friends of Tibet with the 2 visiting former Tibetan prisoners briefing about the current situation of Kirti monastery, Ngaba region of eastern Tibet on 26 April 2011. Photo: TPI

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Hunger Strike Begins in Dharamsala

By Keary Huan, The Tibet Post

Taipei: - Taiwan Friends of Tibet (TFOT) Tuesday publicly asked the Chinese authorities to stop the blockade of Sichuan Ngaba Kirti monastery with immediate effect, and to stop the killing and arrest See on Page 7....

Over 300 Monks Arrested

Youth Cong. Begins Hunger Strike for Kirti Monastery of Tibet. Photo: TPI By Samuel Ivor, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala- Members of the Tibetan Youth Congress based in the Himalayan town of Dharamshala have started hunger strikes in protest against Chinese inhuman treatment in Kirti monastery of Ngaba region of Tibet and in solidarity with monks. The peaceful hunger strike, organised by the Tibetan Youth Congress will launch a 24 hour relay strike, beginning on April 17th outside the Main Temple in Dharamshala; India. The TYC are performing the protest in demand of the immediate withdrawal of Chinese military personnel from Kirti Monastery, Tibet. They want to allow monks to have basic human rights at the monastery, including religious freedom, and freedom Continues on Page 8.....

The monks of Kirti Jeypa Monastery, in Dharamsala North India, and Sukhe Kirti Monastery in Darjeeling, are organising an all monk Peace March from Dharamsala to Delhi,26th April 2011. Photo: Sangay,TPI By Samuel Ivor Tibet, The Tibet Post

Dharamsala-The Prime Minister of the Tibetan Governent in Exile today addressed the international community, appealing for the Chinese government to "stop the ongoing siege at Kirti Monastery". PM Samdhong Rinpoche's speech merged with a mass prayer ceremony this morning, led by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in Dharamsala, North India. The Main temple in Dharamsala was filled with around 1500 local Monks and Nuns, praying for those caught in the conflict at Kirti monastery. His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeted monks as he entered this morning, and led the prayers for peace in the region. Outside, the relay hunger strike continued; led by the Tibetan Youth Congress in Dharamsala. In recent weeks, the monastery has witnessed a

violent crackdown by Chinese armed Police. Ever since the poignant death of Phuntsok the monk, who was a memeber of Kirti and self immolated on the 3rd anniversary of the 2008 uprising, security has been stepped up. The monastery has been hastily cordened off by Chinese armed police, and they continue to hold an overwhelming presence in the area, despite claiming the situation is 'normal'. Violent conflicts ensued between the Chinese armed security forces, and local residents, and on the morning of the 22nd of April, around 300 monks were forcibly removed from the Monastery. During the incident, two elderly Tibetans were beaten to death while attempting to protect the monks. The severe clampdown continues in the region, as Continues on Page 6.......

Plain-clothed police carrying wooden and iron sticks, march on Ying Xiong Avenue near the main market in Ngaba Town around 5pm, 16 March 2011 just after protests took place following the self-immolation of Phuntsok. Photo: TPI By YC. Dhardhowa, The Tibet Post

Dharamshala: - Around 9 pm on April 21, armed soldiers, police officers and ‘special police' (Duijing) deployed around all of the monastic Continues on Page 9......


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