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| Ronggay A’drak © TCHRD |
According to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), Ronggay A’drak, a Tibetan nomad from Lithang was arrested for staging political demonstration yesterday during an official anniversary function.
On 1 August 2007, an official function for the 80th Founding Anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was organized by the Lithang County government. A large number of people from different walks of life from Lithang area converged to witness the official function and the famous annual horse race. Just before the start of the official function at around 11 a.m., when the Chief guest, the officials and the general public were present, Ronggay A’drak, a 52-year-old Tibetan nomad from Youru Village, Lithang County, Kardze “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” (‘TAP’) Sichuan Province, went up to the stage to offer a traditional Tibetan scarf to Lithang Kyabgyon- the Chief Lama of Lithang Monastery. Ronggay A’drak then seized the microphone and shouted the following slogans in front of the large gathering -”The Dalai Lama should return to Tibet”, “Release Panchen Lama”, “Tibet wants Independence”. He then went to call for the people to stop fighting among themselves on the land, water dispute and on the collection of Yartsa Gunbu caterpillar fungus (Tib: Yartsa Gunbu, Botanical name: cordyceps sinensis).
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| Ronggay A’drak © TCHRD |
Later Ronggay A’drak climbed down from the stage and went straight to Naglu Tenzin, a monk who was actively involved in the Chinese “Patriotic education campaign” to denounce his double standard in dealing with the religious affairs of the monastery in presence of the chief guest and the general public. He later climbed the stage again and continued shouting slogans which the general public joined in unison before he was arrested by Kardze local police and taken away to an unknown place. Sensing fear for the safety of Ronggay A’drak, scores of people from Lithang Yonru Village went to Lithang County Office to call for his immediate release and to ascertain his whereabouts and condition. They even demonstrated inside the compound of the County office calling for his immediate release and respect of Tibetan people’s right to freedom of expression and opinion.
According to a reliable source, a few people even broke into the County Office to demand for his immediate release. Sensing the further escalation of tension, the police officer even threatened the villagers with firing pistol into the air. The Tibetan people unmoved by the threats, weathered incessant rain on that day proceeded forward with their demand. It was learnt that the villagers finally returned to their place only after the officials agreed to release Ronggay A’drak the next day at 2 p.m. According to another source, “While returning to their place, the villagers called for Tibetans, followers of the Dalai Lama and pro-independence to join them. They even said that if the authorities did not release Ronggay A’drak today by 2:00pm they will organize a mass demonstration in front of the detention centre no matter how much restriction officials put on them.” The situation in Lithang County is known to be very tense. Strangely this time the local officials compliance with the demands of local Tibetans was unprecedented. However, it is difficult to predict the future course of the case.
TCHRD expresses its deepest concern at the arrest of Ronggay A’drak for exercising his political rights and demands his immediate release. The People’s Republic of China(PRC) should abide by the rights guaranteed in the constitution and other major international covenants and treaties which she is party to. Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right which is a prerequisite to the enjoyment of all human rights. TCHRD seeks the support of human rights groups and the international community in securing his release. The Centre deems the case as an outright clampdown on the freedom of opinion and expression. TCHRD will continue to monitor the situation and will update on the issue as and when further information surfaces.
[ top]China arrest two Tibetan women for expressing support for Trulku Tenzin Delek in Lithang
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| Apha Bhomo ©TCHRD |
Two Tibetan women, O’dho and Apha Bhomo, both in their late 50’s and residents of Othok Village, Nyagchuka County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture “TAP” Sichuan Province, were arrested on 19 July 2007 by the Nyagchuka County Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials on alleged ‘crime’ of instigating people to join their call for Trulku Tenzin Delek’s release, according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD). Both women are currently detained at Nyagchuka County PSB Detention Centre and authorities are known to have denied visitation right to their relatives. O’dho, a mother of nine children, was born in Sholong Township, Nyagchuka County, Kardze “TAP”, Sichuan Province. In addition, it was learnt that both O’dho’s sons, Kalsang Sungrab and Tenzin Tsoknyi were barred from attending their respective schools. Tenzin Tsoknyi who was studying at a private school in Lithang County was barred from attending the school and authorities even put restriction on their movement.
The protests were sparked after reception ceremony at Kham Nalanda Thekchen Jangchup Choeling Monastery was interrupted by Chinese officials objecting to placing a portrait of Trulku Tenzin Delek on to the throne of a newly constructed assembly prayer hall (Tib: Dhukhang). The monastery was founded by Trulku Tenzin Delek in 1987 and named Kham Nalanda Thekchen Jangchup Choeling by the late Panchen Lama. It was reported that a large number of general public present during the ceremony have exhibited a clear sign of disapproval of authorities’ decree and highhandedness in handling the matter.
In the aftermath of the incident, a huge public protest was held by the local Tibetan people while some went to lodge their complaint to the higher authorities in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, while other group of Tibetans from Nyagchuka County who went to lodge a similar complaint regarding authorities highhandedness in dealing with the matter were known to have been detained by Nyagchuka PSB officials. O’dho and Apha Bhomo, like other locals of Lithang and surrounding areas are ardent supporters of Trulku Tenzin Delek and called upon the authorities that Trulku, was wrongly convicted and is innocent.
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| O’dho ©TCHRD |
The current situation in Lithang and other surrounding areas are reeling under high tension following recent spate of public protests. The authorities are known to be taking no chances by keeping constant surveillance on any suspects. The recent cases of arbitrary arrest and detention were recorded from the area highlighting a clear violation of fundamental human rights of the Tibetan people.
TCHRD expresses its deepest concern at the recent series of arbitrary arrest and detention of Tibetans in Lithang area for exercising their fundamental human rights in peaceful and non-violence means. The Centre calls for the immediate and unconditional release of O’dho and Apha Bhomo, arbitrarily detained solely for having participated in peaceful demonstrations during which opinions were expressed peacefully and the readmission of O’dho’s children to their respected schools and also to lift the ban on their movement.
TCHRD calls upon the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to stop the practice of arbitrary arrest and detention and urgently seeks the intervention and support of the international civil society groups and the relevant UN mandates on promotion and protection of human rights in securing their early release.
TCHRD once again calls upon the PRC government to give Trulku Tenzin Delek a free and fair re-trial as per the international standard legal norms and practices. The Centre believes that Trulku is innocent and was wrongly implicated in the bombing incidents and urges the Chinese authorities to ascertain his whereabouts, well-being and release him unconditionally.
[ top]Ronggye A’drak’s fate remains uncertain
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| A convoy of PAP vehicles at the Lithang Horse Race Ground. A group of PAP forces can be seen at the background |
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is highly concerned at the well being of Ronggye A’drak who has been arbitrarily detained since 1 August 2007 for staging a public protest during the official function organised by the Lithang County Government on 1 August 2007 for the 80th Founding Anniversary of People’s Liberation Army (PLO) and annual Lithang horse race. He is known to have been detained at the Lithang County Public Security Bureau Detention Centre. The center is fearful that the authorities will use torture upon Ronggye A’drak during detention, as it is a regular feature in all Chinese administered prisons and detention centers.
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| A group of PAP forces marching with the full protective armour in the aftermath of Lithang protest |
In the aftermath of the arrest of Ronggye A’drak and the severe restrictions imposed thereafter for fear of massive popular uprising, TCHRD obtained exclusive pictures depicting the tension in the area. According to sources, the local authorities of Lithang County have beefed up the security by sending large number of armed police forces to the area and barred people from traveling. The situation in Lithang in eastern Tibetan Kardze Province “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” (‘TAP’) still remains tense after Ronggye A’drak’s arrest and authorities’ long impasse over people demand for his immediate release since his arrest on 1 August. Although the local officials had promised to release him the next day at 2:00 PM so far there has been no positive response regarding his release. According to some media reports, local Tibetan supporters of Ronggye A’drak in Lithang who have been protesting outside the government office in Lithang for the past weeks have withdrawn after local Tibetan leaders begged them to leave in order to avoid a violent crackdown.
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| A convoy of PAP vehicles in one of which Ronggye A’drak is known to have been taken after the protest |
In light of the strong appeal made earlier by his son and nephew who are in exile, the Centre urgently seeks the intervention and support of the international civil society groups and the relevant UN mandates on promotion and protection of human rights in securing his early release. The Centre deems the case as an outright clamp down on the freedom of opinion and expression. Freedom of expression is a fundamental human rights which is prerequisite to the enjoyment of all human rights. Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims, “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”. Article 35 of the Constitution of the PRC guarantees “freedom of expression, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration”.
TCHRD also calls upon the PRC government to release all political prisoners who have been arrested and detained for exercising their fundamental human rights enshrined in the UDHR, her constitution and many other international covenants and treaties that she is party to. TCHRD consider Ronggye A’drak’s call a genuine expression of local Tibetans’ concern and despair that continue to exist in Tibet as a result of China’s repressive policies. The PRC should immediately address these genuine concerns of local Tibetan people rather than tightening noose around the Tibetan people’s fundamental human rights.
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China arrest three nephews of Ronggye A’drak in Lithang
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| Adruk Lopo ©TCHRD |
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) received confirmed information from reliable sources that three more Tibetans were arrested from Yonru Kharshul Village, Ponkar Township, Lithang County in connection with Ronggye A’drak’s case following continued mass protest by his supporters.
In the aftermath of Ronggye A’drak’s arrest, severe restrictions were imposed in Lithang and surrounding areas for the fear of massive popular uprising. Supporters of Ronggye A’drak are known to have stationed outside the County Public Security Bureau (PSB) Office for weeks after his arrest on 1 August 2007 demanding his early release. In an attempt to intimidate the supporters of Ronggye A’drak, the Lithang County government sent additional contingents of People’s Armed Police (PAP) as a reinforcement to monitor and restrict the activities of his supporters.
According to the source, “Lithang PSB officers along with PAP forces as per the order given by the higher authorities, arrested a few leading supporters who have been demanding the release of Ronggye A’drak for the past few weeks.”
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| Adruk Gyatso ©TCHRD |
“On the evening of 21 August 2007, a large number of Lithang PSB and PAP forces suddenly stormed into A’drak’s native village, Yonru Kharshul Village, Lithang County, Kardze “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” (TAP), Sichuan Province and arrested three of his nephews. It was confirmed by the source that the Lithang PSB and PAP forces first stomped into the house of A’drak and enquired about Adruk Lopoe, a monk of Lithang Monastery who has been leading the call for his release. In the absence of Adruk Lopoe, the PSB officers and PAP forces arbitrarily detained two of his brothers, Adruk Gyatso and Adruk Nyima and forcibly took them to the local PSB Detention Centre. The PSB officers and PAP forces even ransacked their entire house looking for any evidence that they could charge them with.”
The source further told the Centre that “Adruk Lopoe after learning about the arrest of his two brothers went to Lithang County PSB Office after a few hours and told the officer that ‘I am the person you are looking for and I demand the release of my two brothers’. However, the PSB officers arrested him without complying with his demand.”
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| Adruk Nyima ©TCHRD |
TCHRD is highly concerned about the well being of Ronggye A’drak and three of his nephews who are all being arbitrarily detained by the Lithang County PSB officers and PAP forces. Torture being endemic and a regular feature in the Chinese administered prisons and detention centres, the Centre expresses its deepest concern about the well-being and safety of Ronggye A’drak and three of his nephews.
As the present situation in Lithang is still known to be tense after the authorities’ arrest of Ronggye A’drak and three of his nephews, the Centre calls upon the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to stop the practice of arbitrary detention and urgently seeks the intervention and support of the international civil society groups and the relevant UN mandates on promotion and protection of human rights in securing their early release. The Centre deems the case as an outright clampdown on the freedom of opinion and expression and deprivation of liberty by arbitrary detention.
Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right which is prerequisite to the enjoyment of all human rights. Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that, “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers”. Article 35 of the Constitution of the PRC guarantees “freedom of expression, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration”.
[ top]Tibetan people in Lhasa reel under influx of Chinese migrants
According to reliable information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), the Tibetan people in Lhasa City reel under massive influx of Chinese migrants now pouring into Lhasa City in wake of unprecedented flooding in lower plains of Mainland China.
Unprecedented rain in South Asia, particularly in China, have caused massive floods and water logging in the lower plains of China causing massive damages and washed away the homes and dwellings of hundreds and thousands of Chinese people.
The source also said that in light of millions left homeless and without future prospects in Mainland China, thousands of Chinese people affected by floods in large number were pouring into Tibet on the recently built Qinghai-Tibet Railway. This unprecedented movement of Chinese migrants to Lhasa has put pressure on the local Tibetans and their day-to-day livelihood.
The Chinese migrants were known to do any kind of work they were given by their clients. However, since the beginning of July 2007, the population of Chinese migrants in Lhasa city has increased in mammoth proportion. Thousands of them remain jobless in Lhasa. They were now beginning to express their anger and frustration amongst themselves over the lack of jobs and employment prospects.
Due to the unprecedented pressure of population density caused by large influx of Chinese migrants, the Lhasa city, particularly the local Tibetans were now reeling under a difficult situation they have never faced or anticipated. The price of commodities and essential goods were skyrocketing and the inflation has reached apogee of height. The prices of essential food and commodities such as meat, butter and cereals were increasing at frenetic pace. This development has stirred the anxiety of local Tibetans about their day to day livelihoods. Since the beginning of July 2007, the Chinese officials have ordered the Lhasa Public Security Bureau (PSB) to round up the beggars in the streets and to send back to their respective hometowns and regions. The beggars were issued with severe order not to ever return to Lhasa streets.
Today there are numerous unemployed Chinese migrant workers and fortune seekers straying the streets of Lhasa. Ironically, the Chinese officials are doing nothing to look after the issue of mushrooming unemployed Chinese migrants in Lhasa City while on the other hand the Tibetan beggars were high-handedly evicted from Lhasa streets and dispatched to hinterland countryside.
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) expresses its grave concern over the situation of ongoing influx of massive Chinese migrant workers and fortune seekers into Tibet. We also request the Chinese government to address threats and challenges posed to the livelihood of Tibetan people in and around Lhasa. Turning blind eye to such situation is a blatant violation of the human rights of the native people and a stark contradiction to the spirit of Chinese Constitution and those of international laws.
[ top]Vigilance and restriction stepped up in and around Lhasa City
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) received confirmed information from reliable sources that in light of the ongoing hunger strike by the Tibetans in Delhi, India for the last twenty six days and the convergence of thousands of Tibetan from all walks of life in Delhi in next few days for staging a massive demonstrations has stirred the sentiments of Tibetan people inside Tibet.
According to a reliable source, it seems that the Chinese authorities in and around Lhasa City have issued terse instructions to travel agencies in and around Lhasa City that they were not suppose to provide help or assistance to any of expatriate Tibetans coming to Lhasa city during the coming days. If they do so they would be dealt with dire consequences of facing closure of their travel agency business if any untoward incident takes place.
The travel agencies were particularly directed to pay extra attention and vigilance on those Tibetans who come from America. In wake of heightened vigilance in and around Lhasa city, the Chinese officials ordered the Lhasa Public Security Bureau (PSB) to round up the beggars in the streets and to send back and handed them back to the officials of respective hometown and region from where they had came from. The beggars were issued with severe order not to ever return to Lhasa streets.
The tea shops, Internet cafes and telephone booths etc in all streets and alleyways of Bakhor (central market) were infiltrated by security police men in civilian dress. It is also reported that the number of police forces in civilian dress were also increased significantly to deal with any untoward incident. Moreover, restriction and vigilance was also stepped up in offices, schools, homes of ex-political prisoners and those of people whom the government deemed suspicious or normally held suspicious.
It is also said that the Chinese officials have already carried out investigations and tapped on the movements of these Tibetans but so far no one is reported to have been arrested or detained.
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) expresses its serious concern over stepping up of restriction in and around Lhasa City. Such restriction and vigilance often give way to serious violations of Tibetan people’s fundamental human rights in the name of maintaining “stability and security” by the Chinese authorities. We appeal to the Chinese authorities to recall the imposition of restriction and vigilance and not to hinder the normal life of the Tibetan people.
[ top]The Chinese authorities transfer Adruk Lopoe to an unknown location, arrest another Tibetan nomad
The current fate and whereabouts of Adruk Lopoe, a 45-year old monk who was arrested by the Lithang County Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials on the evening of 21 August 2007, still remain unknown. According to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), the Lithang County PSB officials released Adruk Gyatso and Adruk Nyima- two brothers of Adruk Lopoe six hours after their detention but they are still known to be under close surveillance. Following a brief detention at Lithang County PSB Detention Centre, Adruk Lopoe was known to have been transferred to other an unknown location by the authorities.
Adruk Lopoe was born in 1962 to Adruk Wangdue (father) and Ronggye Tsewang Dolma (mother) in Yonru Kharshul Village, Ponkar Township, Lithang County, Kardze "Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture" ("TAP") Sichuan Province. He was the eldest among seven children of Adruktsang family. At the age of eight, Adruk Lopoe was ordained as a monk and joined the Lithang Monastery. Over the years, Adruk Lopoe excelled in Buddhist studies that he was later appointed a chant master (Tib: Omzey) of the Monastery. Adruk also worked as the disciplinary master (Tib: Geykoe) at Yonru Rabgyeling Monastery for few years, one of the 113 smaller monasteries affiliated to Lithang Monastery. It is also learnt that Adruk just before his arrest on 21 August 2007 was on a short break after a yearlong meditation retreat at Yonru Rabgyeling Monastery, Lithang County. Adruk Lopoe has been arbitrarily detained after calling for the release of Ronggye A'drak, who is still in the custody of Lithang PSB Detention Centre after speaking about the importance of the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet to a large Tibetan crowd gathered for the horse-race festival earlier this month. Adruk Lopoe was also a very strong proponent of the need of education for the youth and a leading advocate against deforestation, lumbering and wildlife hunting in Kardze. The local populace believe that, his genuine calls and concerns over the years may have infuriated the authorities that he was put under a close watch and thus arrested him. Adruk Lopoe is a well-known and respected figure in the area.
During 1997-98, at the height of 'Patriotic re-education' campaign launched by the Chinese authorities across monasteries and nunneries in Tibet, Adruk Lopoe was appointed a Deputy Director of the Democratic Management Committee (DMC) of Lithang Monastery. The DMCs (Tib: Mangtso Dak nyer u-yon lhan Khang) are administrative organs established in 1962 in religious institutions in Tibet and reconstructed under the 1996 "patriotic re-education" campaign. He, however, resigned from the post fully understanding its spiritual and political ramification that it goes against religious vows in denouncing his spiritual leader-the Dalai Lama.
The DMC carries out the "patriotic re-education" campaign along with County PSB and government officials. The patriotic re-education campaign was started in 1996 in Tibet and carried out across all the religious institutions in Tibet. The campaign introduced a series of political texts into monastic studies as a mandatory requirement. The requirement also stressed allegiance to the State and the denunciation of the Dalai Lama. The patriotic re-education campaign was also meant to target and suppress any sign of political unrest in religious institutions, which the Chinese authorities deem as a source of political dissidence.
In yet another incident, on 19 August 2007, Lothok, a 36-year old Tibetan nomad and a father of five children from Drakar Latse Village, Lithang County was arbitrarily detained from a guesthouse in Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan Province. At the same time, the proprietor of the guesthouse was also briefly detained and released after short interrogation. However, the authorities have given no specific reason for the arrest of Lothok, and no particular information on his whereabouts. This is the fourth known detention in the series of arbitrary detention in connection with the arrest of A'drak since 1 August 2007 although two of his nephews were released, however, Adruk Lopoe, Lothok and A'drak still continue to be detained by the concerned Chinese authorities.
Since the beginning of 2000, Kardze remains a hotspot of peaceful political protests from where a large number of Tibetans were arrested for their open defiance of calling for freedom and their courage to demonstrate unflinching faith in their spiritual leaders. The latest arrest of Ronggye A'drak, his nephews, Lothok and two female supporters of Trulku Tenzin Delek this month clearly demonstrates the political unrest in Kardze particularly in Lithang County. The situation still remains to be tense.
TCHRD considers the recent calls of the Tibetan people in Lithang area a genuine expression of their concerns and despairs that continue to exist in all other part of Tibet as a result of China's repressive policies. The government of People's Republic of China (PRC) should immediately address the concerns of local Tibetan people rather than suppressing them with iron fist.
TCHRD calls upon the PRC government, a member of the UN Human Rights Council to put an end to the rampant practice of arbitrary detention and respect the Tibetan people's right to freedom of expression, faith and peaceful expression of their aspirations which are enshrined in the constitution and major UN human rights treaties and covenants that she is party to.
List of arrests and detentions in Lithang in chronological order:
a) China intensified restriction in Trulku Tenzin Delek Monastery. On 19 July 2007 the Chinese authorities in Lithang County prohibited the monks of Kham Nalanda Thekchen Jangchup Choeling Monastery in Lithang from carrying a reception ceremony of Trulku Tenzin Delek’s portrait during the inauguration of a newly built assembly prayer hall.
b) Two Tibetan women, O'dho and Apha Bhomo, both in their late 50's and residents of Othok Village, Nyagchuka County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture "TAP" Sichuan Province, were arrested on 19 July 2007 by the Nyagchuka County Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials on alleged 'crime' of instigating people to join their call for Trulku Tenzin Delek's release.
c) 1 August 2007, Ronggye A'drak was arrested for staging a public protest speaking about the importance of the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet to a large Tibetan crowd gathered for the annual horse-race festival. Currently known to be detained at Lithang County PSB Detention Centre.
d) 19 August 2007, Lothok, a Tibetan nomad and father of five children from Dakar Latse Village, Lithang County was arbitrarily detained from a guesthouse in Chengdu, Sichuan.
e) 21 August 2007, a large number of Lithang PSB and PAP forces suddenly stormed into Ronggye A'drak's native village, Yonru Kharshul Village, Lithang County, arbitrarily arrested three of his nephews Adruk Lopoe, Adruk Nyima and Adruk Gyatso. Although Nyima and Gyatso were released six hours after their arrest, Adruk Lopoe still continue to be detained and shifted to an unknown location.
[ top]TCHRD ACTIVITIES BULLETIN
The Executive Director greets Tibetan hunger strikers
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| New Delhi: TCHRD staff members distributing Centre’s publications |
On 4 August 2007, Ugen Tenzin, Executive Director, TCHRD greeted the Tibetan hunger strikers in Delhi in a gesture of support and solidarity. Along with the Director, other staff members comprising assistant director Jampa Monlam, researcher Tashi Choephal and office assistant Bugahgah distributed Centre’s publications; annual report, special reports and posters to the Tibetans and local people who participated in the peaceful protest. The protest rallies and processions “The People’s Movement” in Delhi was organised by the four prominent Tibetan NGOs in Dharamsala, Himachael Pradesh, India. The Centre made its presence felt by disseminating crucial information on the human rights situation inside Tibet on the occasion.
The Executive Director addresses protest rally
Mr. Ugyen Tenzin, the Executive Director of the Centre gave an addressal speech to the Tibetans who have participated in a candle light vigil on 8 August 2007, at Mcleod Ganj town, the residence of the Dalai Lama. The Director spoke on the occasion about the state of the Human rights situation inside Tibet.
Earlier in the morning, the peaceful protest rally was carried out and was organized by four prominent Tibetan NGOs. The peaceful protest rally proceeded from Mcleod Ganj town to Kacheri town in lower Dharamsala.
Assitant Director gives a talk at LTCV School
On 14 August 2007, the assistant Director, Mr. Jampa Monlam was invited to deliver a talk to the teachers and the students of Lower TCV School on the topic the “Qinghai- Tibet Railway” and its consequences for the lives of ordinary Tibetans in Tibet.
TCHRD gives a talk to Trichy college students
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| Workshop on progress |
The Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) of Tiruchappali, Tamil Nadu, invited researcher Chukora Tsering Agloe to deliver a resource talk for participants of the Workshop. The Tibetan College Students of Trichy organized the Workshop on Universal Declaration of Human rights (UDHR) and the Human rights situation inside Tibet.
On 18 August 2007, Mr. Tseing Agloe gave an introductory talk on Concepts and Principles of Human rights, its origin and the legal history behind the drafting of Universal Declaration of Human rights (UDHR). He also gave a talk on United Nations and its functions. Later in the afternoon, the students were given insights into Human rights situation in Tibet. The students also undertook peer-learning session among themselves on 18 cases of human rights violations reported in this year alone. Later the students undertook group discussions and group presentations on all the 30 Articles of UDHR. Mr. Tsering Agloe presented a general picture of China’s ongoing development initiatives and its impact on the lives of the native Tibetans. The workshop concluded with a heated question and answer session.
