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Tibetans in Tibet under intense intimidation and tight security:
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| {The Tibet Post International}-According to information given in Chinese State website; the Chinese police in Malho district in Amdo Province, in recent weeks, have closely checked (scrutinized) and interrogated Tibetans coming from Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Sichuan Province, Gansu Province and their neighboring provinces. And those Tibetans who failed to produce guardians were expelled from that area. Similarly, villages falling under the jurisdiction of Drachen district in Kham Province were kept under tight security. For instances; any outsiders entering those villages were compelled to register their names; all vehicles passing through the main roads were closely checked by setting up Chinese check posts; the concerned Chinese authorities were ordered to report daily happenings to their immediate boss; any outsiders who have formerly work in that area, were checked properly and those who failed to produce residential permit card and local guardian were thrown out of the area. Moreover, all Tibetans living in Marhu village were not allowed to leave the area except those who holds referral letters for emergency medical treatment. In addition, a selective group of Tibetans were forcibly taught patriotic re-education and law and order. In Golok Area in Amdo Province, since August 2, 2008 till the end of the Beijing Olympic and disabled callisthenic, all monasteries were restricted from performing any religious activities, all Tibetans were stopped from organizing public ceremony (performance), all local and district authority were compelled to stay in the monasteries. And on alternate days, the Chinese cadres were ordered to keep a close watch on those monks and nun residents; to examine any news by sending espionage; and the Chinese armies in view of suppressing untoward incidents were order to undergo vigorous practice to intimidate Tibetans. On August 10, 2008, in Dragho District in Kham Province, under the name of newly formed committee called "committee for maintaining peace and security" a selective group of Chinese police, armies and political cadres have been undergoing rigorous military training in the streets of Tibetan living area to intimidate Tibetans. Similarly in Tsolo Khul district in Tso Ngon (Amdo Province), since August 6, 2008, the rigorious military practice have been undergoing under the pretext of suppressing terrorism and preventing Tibetans from making escape from prison. In many significant places and monasteries located in Shigatse Area, a special committee was set up and it was compelled to keep promise of preventing any pro-Tibet activities during Beijing Olympic period. In addition numerous Chinese espionages were compelled to sign an "14 clauses agreement" with regard to revealing any information to the Chinese authorities. The above information were extracted from state-run websites in regions, provinces and towns and it is obvious that whole Tibetan plateau still remains under extremely tight security. Report-Tibetan Solidarity Committee |
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Geoblocking" on the Internet : Reporters without borders condemns a discriminatory measure towards
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{The Tibet Post International}-Paris:21 August 2008-Reporters Without Borders condemns regional variation in the blocking of access to websites in China. The authorities unblocked the sites of certain international news media and NGOs on 1 August, but many of these sites continue to be blocked in the province of Tibet.
“This regional blocking is a discriminatory measure,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It is no surprise that websites focussing on the issue of Tibet are filtered. But it is unacceptable that Internet users in Tibet do not have access to the same content as Internet users in the rest of China, who are already subject to a significant degree of censorship.”
The sites of the human rights organisations Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International were inaccessible yesterday in Tibet although they were unblocked in the rest of China on 1 August. The sites of Radio Free Asia (except its English-language version) and Voice of America were also blocked, although they are accessible in Beijing and in Shanghai. The newspaper of the Tibetan community in exile, Potala Post (www.pressoftibet.com), was however accessible in Tibet.
The issue of Tibetan autonomy is a very sensitive one for the Chinese authorities and many websites that focus on this issue are filtered inside China, including at the main foreign press centre in Beijing.
These are some of pro-Tibet websites that are blocked in China: www.tibetpost.net, www.tibet.net, www.phayul.com, www.vot.org, www.tchrd.org tibetonline.tv www.studentsforafreetibet.org www.freetibet.org woeser.middle-way.net
Tsering Woeser, a Chinese writer of Tibetan origin is often threatened by the Chinese authorities because of what she posts on her blog (woeser.middle-way.net). She filed a complaint against the government on 23 July for preventing her from travelling abroad. She has been stripped of her rights as a citizen since 2004 on the grounds that she could “put the nation in danger.”
On 6 March, she was forbidden to go to Norway to receive an award for her work and for her commitment to free expression. Her second book, Xizang Biji (Notes on Tibet), was withdrawn from sale in September 2003 on the grounds that its content was “harmful for the nation’s unification and solidarity.”
Access to the US company Apple’s iTunes music library has been blocked in China since the discovery that some people used it to download the new “Songs for Tibet” album, which was produced in the United States with the help of musicians from all over the world in order to protest against Chinese policy in Tibet.
“This regional blocking is a discriminatory measure,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It is no surprise that websites focussing on the issue of Tibet are filtered. But it is unacceptable that Internet users in Tibet do not have access to the same content as Internet users in the rest of China, who are already subject to a significant degree of censorship.”
The sites of the human rights organisations Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International were inaccessible yesterday in Tibet although they were unblocked in the rest of China on 1 August. The sites of Radio Free Asia (except its English-language version) and Voice of America were also blocked, although they are accessible in Beijing and in Shanghai. The newspaper of the Tibetan community in exile, Potala Post (www.pressoftibet.com), was however accessible in Tibet.
The issue of Tibetan autonomy is a very sensitive one for the Chinese authorities and many websites that focus on this issue are filtered inside China, including at the main foreign press centre in Beijing.
These are some of pro-Tibet websites that are blocked in China: www.tibetpost.net, www.tibet.net, www.phayul.com, www.vot.org, www.tchrd.org tibetonline.tv www.studentsforafreetibet.org www.freetibet.org woeser.middle-way.net
Tsering Woeser, a Chinese writer of Tibetan origin is often threatened by the Chinese authorities because of what she posts on her blog (woeser.middle-way.net). She filed a complaint against the government on 23 July for preventing her from travelling abroad. She has been stripped of her rights as a citizen since 2004 on the grounds that she could “put the nation in danger.”
On 6 March, she was forbidden to go to Norway to receive an award for her work and for her commitment to free expression. Her second book, Xizang Biji (Notes on Tibet), was withdrawn from sale in September 2003 on the grounds that its content was “harmful for the nation’s unification and solidarity.”
Access to the US company Apple’s iTunes music library has been blocked in China since the discovery that some people used it to download the new “Songs for Tibet” album, which was produced in the United States with the help of musicians from all over the world in order to protest against Chinese policy in Tibet.
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