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01/07/2008

Four monks arrested from Tarmo monastery

Four monks arrested from Tarmo monastery

Chinese authorities have on June 18 arrested four monks of Tarmo monastery in Driru (Ch: Biru) county, Nagchu (Nagu) prefecture while they were on their way to Lhasa for some works related to the monastery, according to a confirmed report. The arrested are abbot or the President of the Democratic Management Committee of the monastery Ngawang Gyalten (42) and his administrative colleagues, Ngawang Jampa (around 40), Ngawang Sangye (38) and Kalsang Lochok (20).

In late March, the Chinese authorities in TAR launched an extensive campaign of patriotic reeducation in almost all Tibetan areas including Sok(Ch: Suo) county, Drachen (Ch: Baqeng) county and Driru (Ch: Biru) county that saw mobilization of armed forces to oversee the repressive measure. During this campaign, Tarmo monastery also received a contingent of work team asking the monks to denounce His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Abbot and the President of the Democratic Committee of the monastery, Ngawang Gyatlen had then resisted the campaign by insisting that, as a Buddhist it was ethically unjustifiable for the monks to condemn their root guru. He also demanded from the authorities to invite His Holiness the Dalai Lama back to Tibet. The abbot was then joined by all the monks of the monastery compelling the work team to return but with a stern warning that the fate of the monastery would be decided later in the month of July when another contingent of work team arrives. The arrest is most probably related to the above incident.

The authorities alleged that these monks had embarked on the journey  [to Lhasa] in violation of the monastery's regulation without taking proper leave, but their arrest have already been planned due to the above incident and the reason cited by the authorities are just an excuse, sources have added. It is yet not known where these four monks are being held.

 

In view of the ongoing critical situation inside Tibet, we urge the United Nations and the International community and organizations to the following urgent needs:

  1. To immediately send an independent international fact-finding mission into Tibet
  2. To exert pressure on the PRC government to allow unfettered access to free press in whole of Tibet
  3. To pressure the PRC to end the brutal killings in the whole of Tibet
  4. To immediately release all the arrested and imprisoned Tibetans
  5. To extend immediate medical assistance to those injured Tibetans
  6. To allow free movement of people and provide access to daily needs

 - Tibetan Solidarity Committee

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Dalai Lama is Thinking of Openly Condemning the Violent Intention of Titetan Youth Congress

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It is said that this is the suggestion proposed to Dalai Lama by western people for many occasions. Dalai Lama considers it is the critical moment to improve his relation with the Chinese government. These will help to eliminate the wariness of Central government over Dalai Lama. These will also help to improve the relationship between Chinese government and Dalai Lama.

Posted by: malayo | 03/07/2008

The Dalai Lama is getting older day by day

The Dalai Lama is getting older day by day. Once becoming the successor of Dalai, Tibetan Youth Congress would fall out against

Beijing drastically. The root of TYC is not in Tibet. They know nothing about Tibet and they don’t even care about the

relations with Beijing. Further more, in their point of view, maybe it is much more beneficial for them to do so, for they will

win much support from some international forces. Thus, TYC will not have the patience to play the role of Dalai. Actually,

Dalai has lost control of TYC gradually. That is why when TYC is unanimous with Dalai, it will claim to be subject to Dalai,

while TYC disagrees with Dalai’s opinion, it will persist its own ways. Although the clamor of head of TYC to resort to

violence such as “body bomb” has been rebuked by some from dalai’s clique, which indeed embarrassed him very much, the

direction and trend of TYC will never change. TYC will finally move to the path of terrorism and violence utterly. If, after

Dalai passes away, TYC dominates the TGIE, pragamaticism、terrorism and violence will become mainstream of the ways of TGIE’s

struggle to realize separatism. As an old saying goes, to make something vanish you should first make it go crazy. The

fanaticism of TYC foresees the day they vanish from the earth.

Posted by: tionlaie | 03/07/2008

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