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About 100 Tibetans were injured after they were beaten by security personnel from People’s Armed Police (PAP) for protesting against the local government’s move to reward and honor two corrupt officials in Adhue village in the upper part of Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) County in Ngaba and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province.

The incident occurred at around 2 pm on 14 April 2012 in which some Tibetans like Lopon Kyab were seriously injured and had to be hospitalized in the Ngaba County hospital.

A learned Tibetan monk who is also a high-ranking official at Drango Monastery has been arrested by police officers from the Sichuan Province Public Security Bureau.

Geshe Tenzin Pelsang of Drango Monastery was arrested on 2 April 2012 from his monastery in Drango (Chinese: Luhou) County, Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Geshe Pelsang was arrested on suspicion that he acted as ringleader of the protests that rocked Drango on 23 January 2012.

It is not known where he is detained and in what condition.

Khenpo Gyewala, a highly- revered abbot and respected scholar at Gyegyel Zogchen Monastery, has resurfaced after spending 20 days of incommunicado detention in police custody.

Khenpo went ‘missing’ on 8 March 2012 in Zatoe (Ch: Zaduo) county in Yulshul (Ch: Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. Sources tell TCHRD a relative of Khenpo was called on 28 March 2012 to Zatoe county Public Security Bureau (PSB) office. The relative, whose identity could not be established immediately, was allowed to speak on phone with Khenpo Gyewala for three minutes.

Chinese authorities in Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, has issued a public notice ‘encouraging’ the general public to secretly report to the police any ‘illegal’ activities aimed at harming ‘social stability’ and ‘national unity’.
This public notice, written in Tibetan and Chinese languages, was issued on 9 March 2012, a politically sensitive month for the Chinese authorities in Tibet. Kanlho Prefecture has witnessed continued Tibetan protests against the Chinese government. There are not a single county in Kanlho that has not witnessed a demonstration or protest march since 2008. Even Tibetan schoolchildren rose up in protest. In 2008, 12 known Tibetans were shot dead by the security officers for participating in peaceful protests. In recent months, a Tibetan schoolgirl, Tsering Kyi died of self-immolation protest in Machu (Chinese: Maqu) county. Other cases of arbitrary practices and official abuse of power are common in Tibetan areas in Kanlho.

Two Tibetan monks have set themselves on fire today at around 12.30 pm (Tibet Time) at Barkham (Chinese: Maerkang) County, the capital of Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP) in Sichuan Province.

Tenpa Dhargyal and Chime Palden are monks at Gyalrong Tsodun Kirti Monastery in Barkham County, according to sources. The monks set themselves on fire while shouting slogans against the Chinese government.

A Tibetan monk has died after setting himself on fire yesterday at around 7.10 pm (Tibet Time) in the main street of Cha Township, Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) County, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Region, Sichuan Province.

The 20-yr-old monk, Sherab, shouted slogans against the Chinese government while in flames and died on the spot, according to sources. The local Tibetans tried to take possession of the body for cremation but the security officers and armed police arrived at the scene and took away the body. The officers ignored repeated pleas to hand over the body to the deceased family.

More information has surfaced regarding the identities of 12 known Tibetans who disappeared after their arrests by Chinese security officers in the nomadic region of Drango (Ch: Luhuo) County in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

The 9 February 2012 crackdown in Drango County ended in the death of two Tibetan brothers who were shot dead in their own house by security officers and the arrest and disappearance of seven known Tibetans including a monk and lay Tibetans. The arrests occurred in the wee hours of 9 February, at around 1 am (Tibet Time), according to sources.

Chinese security officers have arrested four known monks from Bora Monastery two days after monks from the monastery took out a protest march on 20 March 2012 against the Chinese government carrying portraits of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Tibetan flags and calling for human rights, religious freedom and language rights in Tibet.

According to sources, security officers entered Bora Monastery at around 12 pm (Tibet Time) on 23 March 2012 and arrested four monks. Those arrested are: Sangyal Gyatso (aged 30), Kelsang Lodoe (aged 23), Sonam (aged 20), and Tashi Gyatso (aged 22). It is not immediately known where they are detained and under what circumstances.

Ten known Tibetans have ‘disappeared’ after their arrests by the Chinese security officers in the aftermath of the bloody January 2012 crackdown on Tibetan protests at Drango (Ch: Luhuo) County in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

These arrests were made days after security officers fired on hundreds of unarmed Tibetan protesters outside the local Public Security Bureau (PSB) office on 23 January 2012 in Drango County. Two known Tibetans, Norpa Yonten (aged 48) and an unidentified son of Loyak Tsang household from Likhogma village, died on the spot while 36 known Tibetans sustained serious injuries in the police shooting. Some of the injured were shot in the arms, legs, and some still had bullets lodged in their stomach. TCHRD is still trying to obtain information on the current condition of those injured in the firing.

Khenpo Gyewala, a highly-respected scholar and abbot of Gyegyel Zogchen Monastery, has ‘disappeared’ along with 13 others in Zatoe (Chinese: Zaduo) in YulShul (Chinese: Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.