Notes on protests, arrests in Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Jul21, 2011) A monk named Dorgay, aged 22, was arrested Jul 6 from Zhabten Monastery in Dekyi Township of Nagchu County, Tibet, after he tied Tibetan ceremonial scarves on trees, electric poles and everywhere else in the country, traveling in his car loaded with 1,500 to 2000 scarves. The Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Dharamsala, said Jul, 16 the monk carried out the action to mark the Dalai Lama’s 76th birthday.

The monk’s whereabouts remain unknown, as is the case with a schoolboy relative of his who accompanied him in his car and was also arrested.

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Two girls – Tashi Palmo, 16, and Pema Yangzom, 19 – both students at the Kardze Middle School and belonging to Norzin village in Kardze County of Sichuan Province were in critical conditions after they were severely beaten by Chinese police for staging a protest in the county market on Jul 12. The girls were reported to have shouted for Tibet’s independence and the Dalai Lama’s return.

Citing Lobsang Dhondup, a monk at Sera Je’s Tehor Khangtsen in the Tibetan settlement at Bylakuppe, Karnataka state, India, Phayul.com said Jul 18 the beating was witnessed by local Tibetans and that the critically maimed girls were denied medical attention.

Ngawang Phuntsok, 34, was severely beaten and arrested with several other Tibetans after they staged a protest and shouted slogans against Chine rule in the main Kardze town in Sichuan Province on Jul 15, reported the exile Tibetan administration-run Tibet.net Jul 20.

The report also said that on Jul 10, – Samphel Dhondup, 23; Lobsang Phuntsok, 17; Lobsang Lhundup and a fourth Tibetan youth were severely beaten and arrested as they started a protest in the Karze same market area.

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Ngawang Phuntsok, 34, was severely beaten and arrested with several other Tibetans after they staged a protest and shouted slogans against Chinese rule in the main Kardze town in Sichuan Province on Jul 15, reported the exile Tibetan administration-run Tibet.net Jul 20.

The report also said that on Jul 10, Samphel Dhondup, 23; Lobsang Phuntsok, 17; Lobsang Lhundup and a fourth Tibetan youth were severely beaten and arrested as they staged a protest in the same market area.