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.
A 20-yr-old Tibetan monk who self-immolated on 16 March 2012 died yesterday in Ngaba(Ch: Aba) County in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, sources told TCHRD.
Lobsang Tsultrim, a monk at Kirti Monastery, set himself afire at around 5 pm (Tibet Time) on 16 March on the main road of Ngaba County market protesting against the Chinese government.
On 19 March 2012, Lobsang succumbed to burn injuries at Barkham (Ch: Maerkang), capital of Ngaba Prefecture. In the evening of the same day, the authorities cremated Lobsang’s body at a nearby cremation ground in Barkham. Only his ashes were given to his family.
Tibetan monks at Bora Monastery staged peaceful protests yesterday against the Chinese government and even marched to the local township office following which security officers from People’s Armed Police and Public Security Bureau have now surrounded the monastery on all sides.
The protests occurred at around 12 pm (Tibet Time) on 20 March 2012 in Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) County in Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province.
A Tibetan farmer has set himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government in Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren) County in the Malho (Chinese: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Sonam Dhargye, aged 43, burnt himself to death at an intersection near the vegetable market in Rongpo town. The incident occurred today at around 9 am (Tibet Time).
Following the self-immolation, local Tibetans – both monastic and lay – gathered in large numbers at Dolma Ground, the compound used for holding prayers at the monastery, and held mass prayers. Students and other Tibetans from neighboring villages are believed to have joined the prayer ceremony.
A 20-yr-old monk of Kirti Monastery set himself on fire in the county town of Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) County, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Lobsang Tsultrim self-immolated at around 5 pm (Tibet Time) on 16 March 2012 while shouting protest slogans against the Chinese government, sources told TCHRD.
Four Tibetan environmental activists, all members of the locally-founded Tawu Environmental Protection Association, were arrested in mid-February 2012 by the local Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers at Tawu (Ch: Daofu) County in Kandze (Ch: Ganzi) Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, sources told TCHRD.
Lumbu from Chagya village, Dakpa from Khucha village, Dawa from Yulo village, and an unidentified Tibetan man from Loru village were arrested and questioned by PSB officials.
Wangdue, a Tibetan NGO activist, who was sentenced to life in 2008 during the widespread protests in Tibet, was recently seen in an army hospital in Lhasa.
Around the end of February 2012, eyewitnesses saw Wangdue in a solitary room in the hospital guarded by three police officers. One of his hands was apparently broken and he had one side of his head shaven, said eyewitnesses, adding these injuries point to the beatings Wangdue must have suffered in prison.
The police officers monitoring Wangdue’s treatment at the army hospital kept strict watch over Wangdue’s movements and no one was allowed to meet him. However, around 20 February 2012, some of his family members were allowed to visit him in the hospital.
Under the Chinese law, a prisoner has the right for his sentence term to be fixed or reduced if he demonstrates ‘good behavior’ during the first 2-year period in prison. As of now, there is no information on Wangdue’s exact years of sentence.
A Tibetan monk has self-immolated in protest today, on the 2008 Uprising Anniversary, at around 10.30 a.m (Tibet Time) at Rongbo Gonchen Monastery in Rebkong (Ch: Tongren) County, Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
Jamyang, around 34-yr-old, lighted himself on the Rongpo Gonchen Monastery’s prayer hall ground called Dolma Ground, sources told TCHRD.
There were not many Tibetans at the scene. The few prostrating nearby extinguished the fire on Jamyang with a help of carpet used for prostration. The local officials of the Religious Affairs and People’s Armed Police reached the spot and took burnt Jamyang to the local hospital, sources said.
On 7 March 2012, Khedup Dorjee, a monk at Za-Samdrup Monastery in Kardze County, was severely beaten by security officers for peacefully protesting in the crowded county market of Kardze (Ch: Ganzi). He was arrested only after the beating.
Khedup Dorjee, aged around 38, was born to father Rindor and mother Jampa Khando in Heina village, Zacog Township, Kardze County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. In mid-1990s, he had visited India and studied at Serajey Monastery in south India.
On 10 March 2012, which is also the 53rd Tibetan National Uprising Day, a teenage Tibetan monk from Kirti Monastery set himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government at around 5 pm (Tibet Time) in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) County, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Gyepe, an 18-yr-old monk, self-immolated behind a Chinese military camp and died on the spot. The military camp was the first one established by the Chinese army when they invaded Tibet. A group of army personnel took possession of Gyepe’s body. Sources say locals Tibetans requested the army personnel to hand-over the body to the deceased’s family.
Five Tibetan monks from Sog Tsenden Monastery were arrested by the local Public Security Bureau officers in Sog County, Nagchu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) after leaflets calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet and the restoration of freedom in Tibet were found scattered near the monastery.
Following the appearance of the leaflets in and near Sog Tsenden Monastery on 16 December 2011, the security officials fingerprinted and questioned many monks particularly the younger monks. Sources said that during the questioning, the officials became suspicious of 19-yr-old monk Kelsang Tsultrim who later ‘disappeared’ around 15 January 2012.