Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is seen during the consecration ceremony of the Lerab Ling temple, in Roqueredonde, southern France, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Dalai Lama
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is seen during the consecration ceremony of the Lerab Ling temple, in Roqueredonde, southern France, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
(AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)
Long Live H.H. Dalai Lama, the 14th, at the Vietnamese Pagode Khanh Anh in Evry (Paris), France, 12.08.2008
ĐỨC ĐẠT LAI LẠT MA QUANG LÂM CHÚ NGUYỆN TẠI CHÙA KHÁNH ANH NGÀY 12/08/2008
Long Live H.H. Dalai Lama, the 14th, at the Vietnamese Pagode Khanh Anh in Evry (Paris), France, 12.08.2008
http://www.khanhanh.fr/
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Long Live H.H. Dalai Lama, the 14th
Tibetan exiles line up the streets with ceremonial scarves to welcome the Dalai Lama, unseen, who arrived in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008. The Tibetan leader returned after a two-week tour of France.
(AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
China Lies - Tibetans Die
French pro-Tibet demonstrators unfurl a banner that reads "China Lies - Tibetans Die" on a building next to the Chinese embassy (R) in Paris to denounce Chinese repression in Tibet. The Dalai Lama wrapped up on Saturday a visit to France that fuelled tensions between Paris and Beijing and saw four people arrested during a pro-Tibetan protest.
(AFP/Olivier Laban-Mattei)
Words of Truth
Image: The Dalai Lama salutes as he arrives at the temple of Lerab Ling in Roqueredonde southern France on August 21, 2008. The Dalai Lama wrapped up on Saturday a visit to France that fuelled tensions between Paris and Beijing and saw four people arrested during a pro-Tibetan protest.
(AFP/File/Pascal Guyot)
Words of Truth
A Prayer Composed by:
His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso The Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet
Honoring and Invoking the Great Compassion
of the Three Jewels; the Buddha, the Teachings,
and the Spiritual Community
O Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and disciples
of the past, present, and future:
Having remarkable qualities
Immeasurably vast as the ocean,
Who regard all helpless sentient beings
as your only child;
Please consider the truth of my anguished pleas.
Buddha's full teachings dispel the pain of worldly
existence and self-oriented peace;
May they flourish, spreading prosperity and happiness through-
out this spacious world.
O holders of the Dharma: scholars
and realized practitioners;
May your ten fold virtuous practice prevail.
Humble sentient beings, tormented
by sufferings without cease,
Completely suppressed by seemingly endless
and terribly intense, negative deeds,
May all their fears from unbearable war, famine,
and disease be pacified,
To freely breathe an ocean of happiness and well-being.
And particularly the pious people
of the Land of Snows who, through various means,
Are mercilessly destroyed by barbaric hordes
on the side of darkness,
Kindly let the power of your compassion arise,
To quickly stem the flow of blood and tears.
Those unrelentingly cruel ones, objects of compassion,
Maddened by delusion's evils,
wantonly destroy themselves and others;
May they achieve the eye of wisdom,
knowing what must be done and undone,
And abide in the glory of friendship and love.
May this heartfelt wish of total freedom for all Tibet,
Which has been awaited for a long time,
be spontaneously fulfilled;
Please grant soon the good fortune to enjoy
The happy celebration of spiritual with temporal rule.
O protector Chenrezig, compassionately care for
Those who have undergone myriad hardships,
Completely sacrificing their most cherished lives,
bodies, and wealth,
For the sake of the teachings, practitioners,
people, and nation.
Thus, the protector Chenrezig made vast prayers
Before the Buddhas and Bodhisativas
To fully embrace the Land of Snows;
May the good results of these prayers now quickly appear.
By the profound interdependence of emptiness
and relative forms,
Together with the force of great compassion
in the Three Jewels and their Words of Truth,
And through the power
of the infallible law of actions and their fruits,
May this truthful prayer be unhindered
and quickly fulfilled.
This prayer, Words of Truth, was composed by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, on 29 September 1960 at his temporary headquarters in the Swarg Ashram at Dharamsala, Kangra District, Himachal State, India. This prayer for restoring peace, the Buddhist teachings, and the culture and self-determina-tion of the Tibetan people in their homeland was written after repeated requests by Tibetan government officials along with the unanimous consensus of the monastic and lay communities.
http://www.dalailama.com/page.21.htm
Widmung für Tibet
Mögen alle Menschen, die zerstritten und verfeindet sind, Wege zum friedvollen Dialog finden.
Möge unser Mitgefühl allen fühlenden Lebewesen den Mut zur Klarheit schenken.
Möge Verblendung und Hass überwunden werden, denn wahrer Frieden beginnt im Herzen!
Mögen die Menschen in Tibet Freiheit und Frieden finden !
Om Mani Padme Hum
Wir beten gemeinsam für eine schnelle, friedvolle Beendigung
der Gewalttaten.
Beten Sie gemeinsam mit Seiner Heiligkeit für Tibet und das tibetische Volk: Words of truth
http://www.dalailama-frankfurt.de/index.php?id=102
(AFP/File/Pascal Guyot)
Words of Truth
A Prayer Composed by:
His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso The Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet
Honoring and Invoking the Great Compassion
of the Three Jewels; the Buddha, the Teachings,
and the Spiritual Community
O Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and disciples
of the past, present, and future:
Having remarkable qualities
Immeasurably vast as the ocean,
Who regard all helpless sentient beings
as your only child;
Please consider the truth of my anguished pleas.
Buddha's full teachings dispel the pain of worldly
existence and self-oriented peace;
May they flourish, spreading prosperity and happiness through-
out this spacious world.
O holders of the Dharma: scholars
and realized practitioners;
May your ten fold virtuous practice prevail.
Humble sentient beings, tormented
by sufferings without cease,
Completely suppressed by seemingly endless
and terribly intense, negative deeds,
May all their fears from unbearable war, famine,
and disease be pacified,
To freely breathe an ocean of happiness and well-being.
And particularly the pious people
of the Land of Snows who, through various means,
Are mercilessly destroyed by barbaric hordes
on the side of darkness,
Kindly let the power of your compassion arise,
To quickly stem the flow of blood and tears.
Those unrelentingly cruel ones, objects of compassion,
Maddened by delusion's evils,
wantonly destroy themselves and others;
May they achieve the eye of wisdom,
knowing what must be done and undone,
And abide in the glory of friendship and love.
May this heartfelt wish of total freedom for all Tibet,
Which has been awaited for a long time,
be spontaneously fulfilled;
Please grant soon the good fortune to enjoy
The happy celebration of spiritual with temporal rule.
O protector Chenrezig, compassionately care for
Those who have undergone myriad hardships,
Completely sacrificing their most cherished lives,
bodies, and wealth,
For the sake of the teachings, practitioners,
people, and nation.
Thus, the protector Chenrezig made vast prayers
Before the Buddhas and Bodhisativas
To fully embrace the Land of Snows;
May the good results of these prayers now quickly appear.
By the profound interdependence of emptiness
and relative forms,
Together with the force of great compassion
in the Three Jewels and their Words of Truth,
And through the power
of the infallible law of actions and their fruits,
May this truthful prayer be unhindered
and quickly fulfilled.
This prayer, Words of Truth, was composed by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, on 29 September 1960 at his temporary headquarters in the Swarg Ashram at Dharamsala, Kangra District, Himachal State, India. This prayer for restoring peace, the Buddhist teachings, and the culture and self-determina-tion of the Tibetan people in their homeland was written after repeated requests by Tibetan government officials along with the unanimous consensus of the monastic and lay communities.
http://www.dalailama.com/page.21.htm
Widmung für Tibet
Mögen alle Menschen, die zerstritten und verfeindet sind, Wege zum friedvollen Dialog finden.
Möge unser Mitgefühl allen fühlenden Lebewesen den Mut zur Klarheit schenken.
Möge Verblendung und Hass überwunden werden, denn wahrer Frieden beginnt im Herzen!
Mögen die Menschen in Tibet Freiheit und Frieden finden !
Om Mani Padme Hum
Wir beten gemeinsam für eine schnelle, friedvolle Beendigung
der Gewalttaten.
Beten Sie gemeinsam mit Seiner Heiligkeit für Tibet und das tibetische Volk: Words of truth
http://www.dalailama-frankfurt.de/index.php?id=102
8 of 10 in New York at City Hall
8 of 10 in New York at City Hall
Uploaded: August 26, 2008
http://freetibet2008.org/more/photos/album/72157606937627559/photo/2798778444/Beijing-10-Return-Home-8-of-10-in-New-York-at-City-Hall.html
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
TWO LONDON-BASED TIBETAN ACTIVISTS TO ARRIVE HOME WEDNESDAY AFTER BEING DEPORTED FROM BEIJING - Pema and Padma, two young Tibetan women
TWO LONDON-BASED TIBETAN ACTIVISTS TO ARRIVE HOME WEDNESDAY AFTER BEING DEPORTED FROM BEIJING - Pema and Padma, two young Tibetan women, arrested separately for speaking out for Tibet
August 13, 2008 ·
PRESS ADVISORY | Students for a Free Tibet
For Immediate Release: August 13, 2008
Contacts: Tenzin Dorjee, 07767 083768
Sophia Conroy, 07767 086920
Han Shan, 07876 327143
Who: Pema Yoko Niwa Norbu and Padma-Dolma Fielitz
Where: London City Airport (via BA flight #8733 from Frankfurt)*
When: 12:25pm, August 14, 2008
What: Reception by friends, family members, Tibetan community
London – Two UK-based Tibetan activists who were arrested in Beijing and deported from China after Free Tibet protests are arriving home tomorrow. Pema Yoko, 25, and Padma-Dolma Fielitz, 22, are the first two Tibetans to protest for Tibetan human rights and freedom in Beijing during the Olympic Games.
Pema Yoko was arrested on August 13th, outside the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park, at the south end of the Olympic Park, as five activists blockaded the park entrance, while holding a banner reading “Tibetans Are Dying for Freedom.” The park features an exhibit on Tibetan culture, which many Tibetan activists find offensive. At the same time, two activists hung a ‘Free Tibet’ banner from a pedestrian bridge over the road running in front of the park. Eight Tibet activists in all were arrested in the protest, and have since been deported. ITN reporter John Ray was forcibly detained by Chinese police while trying to cover the protest.
“I feel a strong sense of commitment to defending Tibetan identity and speaking out against the Chinese government’s brutal regime which is destroying my father’s homeland,” said Pema Yoko. “While the Chinese government is ruthlessly suppressing Tibetans in Tibet and has barred nearly every exiled Tibetan from traveling to Beijing, I am thankful for all of our western supporters and glad that I was at least able to come raise my voice during the Olympics.”
Pema Yoko, 25, was born in London, England to a Tibetan father and Japanese mother. A Japanese citizen, she lives in London and serves as a leading coordinator of the Students for a Free Tibet national network in the UK (SFT-UK).
Padma-Dolma Fielitz was assaulted on August 10th by undercover Chinese police who strangled and struck her while wresting away a Tibetan flag. While being arrested, Padma-Dolma declared:
“I’m here at the Beijing Olympics, at Tiananmen Square… They’ve kidnapped Tibet… they’ve kidnapped the Beijing Olympics to demonstrate their power in front of everyone. They claim they don’t want to politicize it, but they do. All we have… is the flag that I was trying to hold. This is my flag, this is the flag that represents my people. And my people… they’re not Chinese!”
An audio recording of her statement is available at:
http://freetibet2008.org/globalactions/tibetanprotest/
Padma-Dolma grew up in Germany, and has a Tibetan father and a German mother. She was born and raised in Germany and currently lives in London where she studies Economics and Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
The activists will be greeted at the airport by friends, supporters and members of the local Tibetan community. Spokespeople from Students for a Free Tibet will also be available for comment.
*Padma-Dolma Fielitz will be arriving at another airport and coming directly to London City Airport to greet Pema Yoko upon her arrival.
More information, including photos and video, is available here:
Aug. 10th protest with Padma-Dolma Fielitz:
http://freetibet2008.org/globalactions/tibetanprotest/
Aug. 13th protest with Pema Yoko:
http://freetibet2008.org/globalactions/ethnicpark/
http://freetibet2008.org/2008/08/13/two-london-based-tibetan-activists-to-arrive-home-wednesday-after-being-deported-from-beijing-pema-and-padma-two-young-tibetan-women-arrested-separately-for-speaking-out-for-tibet/
August 13, 2008 ·
PRESS ADVISORY | Students for a Free Tibet
For Immediate Release: August 13, 2008
Contacts: Tenzin Dorjee, 07767 083768
Sophia Conroy, 07767 086920
Han Shan, 07876 327143
Who: Pema Yoko Niwa Norbu and Padma-Dolma Fielitz
Where: London City Airport (via BA flight #8733 from Frankfurt)*
When: 12:25pm, August 14, 2008
What: Reception by friends, family members, Tibetan community
London – Two UK-based Tibetan activists who were arrested in Beijing and deported from China after Free Tibet protests are arriving home tomorrow. Pema Yoko, 25, and Padma-Dolma Fielitz, 22, are the first two Tibetans to protest for Tibetan human rights and freedom in Beijing during the Olympic Games.
Pema Yoko was arrested on August 13th, outside the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park, at the south end of the Olympic Park, as five activists blockaded the park entrance, while holding a banner reading “Tibetans Are Dying for Freedom.” The park features an exhibit on Tibetan culture, which many Tibetan activists find offensive. At the same time, two activists hung a ‘Free Tibet’ banner from a pedestrian bridge over the road running in front of the park. Eight Tibet activists in all were arrested in the protest, and have since been deported. ITN reporter John Ray was forcibly detained by Chinese police while trying to cover the protest.
“I feel a strong sense of commitment to defending Tibetan identity and speaking out against the Chinese government’s brutal regime which is destroying my father’s homeland,” said Pema Yoko. “While the Chinese government is ruthlessly suppressing Tibetans in Tibet and has barred nearly every exiled Tibetan from traveling to Beijing, I am thankful for all of our western supporters and glad that I was at least able to come raise my voice during the Olympics.”
Pema Yoko, 25, was born in London, England to a Tibetan father and Japanese mother. A Japanese citizen, she lives in London and serves as a leading coordinator of the Students for a Free Tibet national network in the UK (SFT-UK).
Padma-Dolma Fielitz was assaulted on August 10th by undercover Chinese police who strangled and struck her while wresting away a Tibetan flag. While being arrested, Padma-Dolma declared:
“I’m here at the Beijing Olympics, at Tiananmen Square… They’ve kidnapped Tibet… they’ve kidnapped the Beijing Olympics to demonstrate their power in front of everyone. They claim they don’t want to politicize it, but they do. All we have… is the flag that I was trying to hold. This is my flag, this is the flag that represents my people. And my people… they’re not Chinese!”
An audio recording of her statement is available at:
http://freetibet2008.org/globalactions/tibetanprotest/
Padma-Dolma grew up in Germany, and has a Tibetan father and a German mother. She was born and raised in Germany and currently lives in London where she studies Economics and Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
The activists will be greeted at the airport by friends, supporters and members of the local Tibetan community. Spokespeople from Students for a Free Tibet will also be available for comment.
*Padma-Dolma Fielitz will be arriving at another airport and coming directly to London City Airport to greet Pema Yoko upon her arrival.
More information, including photos and video, is available here:
Aug. 10th protest with Padma-Dolma Fielitz:
http://freetibet2008.org/globalactions/tibetanprotest/
Aug. 13th protest with Pema Yoko:
http://freetibet2008.org/globalactions/ethnicpark/
http://freetibet2008.org/2008/08/13/two-london-based-tibetan-activists-to-arrive-home-wednesday-after-being-deported-from-beijing-pema-and-padma-two-young-tibetan-women-arrested-separately-for-speaking-out-for-tibet/
Free Tibet - 23rd August 2008, 9:00 p.m. (Local time)
23 August 2008 , 9:00 p.m. (Local time)
TIBET WON'T BE FORGOTTEN. TIBET WILL BE FREE
CANDLE FOR TIBET
Public Candle Lighting Around the World on saturday 23 August
Here you can find information on candle light vigils near you.
Unless specifically noted, they will all start at 9 p.m. local time.
If you want to add your vigil, please let us know: vigils@candle4tibet.org
Country City Location Details/Contact
Australia Bribie Island - Queensland Air Force Park, Bongaree Contact: Lee Griffith
BELGIUM BRUXELLES Chinese Embassy - 463 AVENUE DE TERVUREN 1160 BRUXELLES Contact: Giovanna
Brazil São Paulo In front of Chinese consulate, organized by 'Comitê Brasileiro de Apoio ao Tibet' (CBAT) Contact: www.brasiltibet.org.br/
Germany Bremen Mahnwache auf dem Bremer Marktplatz - 12:00 - 13:00 Uhr der TID - RG Bremen Kontakt: Holm Triesch Tel: 0421 370121
Germany Kassel Mahnwache vor dem Rathaus Kontakt: I. Strehlke Tel: 0561-64041
Germany Mönchengladbach Mahnwache und Luftballon-Aktion "Wir gehen in die Luft - für Tibet! Alter Markt - 11.00 -13.00 Uhr Kontakt: Joachim Heinrichs
Germany Nürnberg Mahnwache/Unterschriftenaktion vor der Lorenzkirche - 11:00 – 16:00 Uhr KSt Nürnberg Kontakt: Tel: 0911 43122345 Helga Maul
Germany Potsdam Unterschriftenaktion - 10:00 –18:00 Uhr TID RG Potsdam Kontakt: Jens Freiberg Tel: 0331 2709495
Germany Regensburg Mahnwache vor dem alten Rathaus, Rathausplatz 1 in der Altstadt - 11.00 Uhr - 12.00 Uhr - TID - RG Regensburg Kontakt: Ulli Staritz Tel: 09407 30521
Germany Saarbrücken Mahnwache/Unterschriftenaktion in der Fußgängerzone - 10:00 – 16:00 Uhr TID RG Saarbrücken Kontakt: Maxi Anhalt Tel: 06842 7060800
Germany Überlingen am Bodensee Unterschriftenaktion und Aktion "Wunsch-Luftballons" für Tibet auf dem Wochenmarkt - 8:00 - 14:00 Uhr - TID RG Bodensee Kontakt: Stephanie Dilpert Tel: 07531 3616267
Iceland Reykjavík Chinese Embassy, Víðimel 29 Contact: Birgitta Jónsdóttir
The Netherlands 1079 Amsterdam Maarten Lutherkerk in Amsterdam at 21:00 tonight as well MLK - Uiterwaardenstraat in Amsterdam. The church is not far from the RAI Dr. Andreas H. Wöhle - Tel.: +31 - 6 20195027
Slovenia Not yet defined Virgil in Slovenia also on 23th August 2008. The location is not yet defined. Contact: Mirjana
Russian Federation Moscow region near Moscow Contact: Larisa myspace.com/larisajeshe
SCOTLAND, UK Findhorn Findhorn Meditation Hall at Shambala Retreat Contact: Tel: 01309 690690 Email
Scotland, UK Pitlochry Pitlochry War Memorial in Atholl Road 19.00 All welcome, just bring candles Contact: - not yet defined
UK Birmingham Somewhere in Birmingham Contact: Sunrise Lovatt
UK Bristol Ashton Court, Bristol Map Contact: Team Tibet Bristol
UK Bradford City Centenary Sq, Bradford City Centre 1/2 hour vigil for Tibet Map Contact: Revd Chris Howson for details phone: 01274 727034
UK London Opposite the Chinese Embassy Between 18:00 to 20:00 Contact: Samuel
UK Liverpool Williamson Square and walk till Albert Dock. Contact: DAWA KALSANG
UK Canterbury Outside the Beaney Institute (Canterbury Library), Canterbury High Street No Contact
UK Leighton Cooke Opposite Chinese Embassy - Corstorphine Road No Contact
UK Leeds Victoria Gardens (outside the Art Gallery), Headrow, City Centre between 18:00 and 20:00 hours Contact: Team Tibet Leeds
UK Frome, Somerset Outside Frome Library on Sat. Aug 23rd 8.45-10pm Contact: Franka Fueller - Email
UK Manchester Across from the Chinese embassy Contact: 07854657670
UK Swindon Swindon Wharf Green (by House of Fraser and Mc Donalds) Contact: Lyndsey Donaldson-Selby 07951 479 383
UK Hebden Bridge Town Square Between 8 and 9pm No Contact
UK Stock-on-Trent Staffordshire Park Hall (country park) Contact: Charlotte
USA Miami Lincoln Road Mall at South Beach Contact: Linda Callejas
USA Austin, Texas/b> 8:40 - Auditorium Shores [west from pkg.lot, just past statue] Contact: Jude - Email
USA Atlanta, Georgia Centennial Olympic Park Contact: Alexandra Fuchs
USA PALO ALTO, CALIFORNA MEMORIAL CHURCH, STANFORD UNIVERSITY - Gathering at 8:00 p.m. with Tibetan music by Techung - Candle Lighting 9;00 p.m. Rosalyn Voget
http://www.candle4tibet.org/en/august23
Yungchen Lhamo's Web Site - http://www.yungchenlhamo.com/
Yungchen Lhamo's Web Site
http://www.yungchenlhamo.com/
Tibetan-American Detained in Beijing, Deported to United States
Tibetan-American Detained in Beijing, Deported to United States
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: **INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE**
August 7, 2008
Contacts: Tenzin Dorjee, Deputy Director, and Yangchen Lhamo, SFT Board Member:
+1 917-289-0228 (United States)
+44 2070-846-359 (United Kingdom)
+852-3050-9088 (Hong Kong)
Beijing – A 25-year-old Tibetan-American woman was detained in Beijing Airport yesterday at 9:35pm Beijing Standard Time on Wednesday, August 6. Chime Dolkar, a Tibetan exile and current resident of Minnesota, boarded a Northwest flight to Beijing with plans to speak out for Tibetan freedom and challenge the Chinese government to live up to its Olympic promises. But she was detained when she arrived at the airport, interrogated for 12 hours, and eventually deported to the United States. As she was being deported, Dolkar spoke out in support of Tibetan freedom, shouting, “Tibet will be free.”
“I feel I must go to Beijing to be a voice for my people because at the Chinese government has invited the world to the Olympics they are ruthlessly crushing Tibetans in the harshest crackdown that we have seen in decades,” said Dolkar as she was leaving New York’s John F. Kennedy airport Tuesday afternoon.
One of the very few Tibetans actually granted a China visa at this sensitive time, Dolkar wanted to use her freedom as an American to promote the freedom of her beleaguered countrymen in Tibet. Dolkar’s visa was revoked days before her departure, but she was determined to try to speak up about Tibet in China, and decided to go ahead with her trip as planned.
"The Chinese government has ruthlessly suppressed even the mildest form of peaceful dissent by Tibetans in Tibet and China in the run-up to the Games, and has barred Tibetan exiles like Chime Dolkar from speaking up in China for freedom and human rights in Tibet," said Tenzin Dorjee, deputy director of Students for a Free Tibet. "As the Olympics draw near and criticism of the Chinese leadership's brutal rule in Tibet grows, the efforts of the Chinese authorities to quash all critics is also intensifying."
Chinese authorities had detained and exiled another Tibetan woman and her two American-born babies on July 18. In this case, Kemo, who holds a Chinese passport, was detained for four hours before being exiled and told never to enter China. The reason for her exile was that she had joined pro-Tibet demonstrations in San Francisco and Portland and attended a public talk by the Dalai Lama in Seattle; the Chinese officers brought internet print-outs showing Kemo at these events. Officers then forced her children away from her, kicking her and slapping her one-and-half-year-old son Khawa Tsering Kemo.
Born and raised in India, Chime Dolkar immigrated to the United States at age 12 and attended high school in Minnesota, where she became class president and Homecoming Queen. At St. Cloud University, she was the vice president of the local chapter of Students for a Free Tibet. She currently serves as the vice-president of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of Minnesota.
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=1618
Chinese troops suspected of shooting Tibetan women
Chinese troops suspected of shooting Tibetan women
10/08/08
Free Tibet Campaign has received reports from a highly reliable source about the shooting of two Tibetan women on 9 August in Ngaba town in Ngaba (Ch: ABA) county.
The two women are Sonam Wangmo, 22, from Tseni township in Lower Ngaba county, who works as a waitress in a teashop, and Zhang Yeying, 28, from Gyarong (Ch: Jiarong), in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Kham (Ch: Sichuan). They were en route to a mobile phone shop at approximately 4:30pm when shots were fired, hitting Sonam Wangmo in the arm and Zhang Yeying in the hand.
Free Tibet Campaign’s source spoke to eyewitnesses who reported hearing four or five shots and stated that the shots appeared to come from a nearby building known to be accommodating troops recently quartered in the town. Tibetans who went to the assistance of the women, reported that Chinese soldiers arrived on the scene shortly after the shots were fired. The witnesses report that the Chinese troops claimed that the firing had been a mistake. The women were taken to the Ngaba County Civil Hospital. Their present medical condition is unknown.
An atmosphere of great fear is reported in Ngaba town, where a 7pm curfew has been in effect since 1 August. The curfew is being maintained by a five-fold increase in the number of Chinese soldiers based in Ngaba town. It is not known whether the soldiers are from regular People’s Liberation Army (PLA) units or from the People’s Armed Police (PAP). There are reports that checkpoints manned by armed soldiers have been set up on each road in Ngaba town and Tibetans registered in other towns are not being allowed in to Ngaba.
The crackdown appears to extend beyond Ngaba town. Eyewitnesses report troops performing military drills (see photos below) on grassland used as pasture for Tibetan nomads from the nearby villages of Jadhe and Chushu, trampling the crops and grass. Most of the guests from the local Ngaba county government were invited to observe the exercise.
Free Tibet Campaign is unable to confirm the reason for the huge influx of troops in Ngaba town, however it is reported that the troops will be there until after the end of the Beijing Olympics, suggesting their purpose is to suppress any protests by Tibetans during the Games.
Ngaba town was the scene of a brutal crackdown by Chinese security forces in March following the outbreak of protests throughout Tibet against Chinese rule. On March 16 Chinese security forces fired live rounds into a crowd of peacefully protesting Tibetans, killing at least 13 according to eyewitnesses(1). The shooting was widely reported in the international media.
Director of Free Tibet Campaign, Stephanie Brigden, said:
“The Chinese government must launch an immediate and open investigation into these shootings.
“Gordon Brown, when he meets President Hu at the Games later this month, must seek an explanation for the military build up and restrictions in Ngaba town and he must publicly condemn the worsening human rights situation in Tibet."
Ends
For further information:
In Asia: Matt Whitticase on +66 844 549764
In London : Stephanie Brigden on +44 (0) 7530 528264 or Anne Holmes on +44 (0)7798 666658
http://www.freetibet.org/newsmedia/100808
10/08/08
Free Tibet Campaign has received reports from a highly reliable source about the shooting of two Tibetan women on 9 August in Ngaba town in Ngaba (Ch: ABA) county.
The two women are Sonam Wangmo, 22, from Tseni township in Lower Ngaba county, who works as a waitress in a teashop, and Zhang Yeying, 28, from Gyarong (Ch: Jiarong), in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Kham (Ch: Sichuan). They were en route to a mobile phone shop at approximately 4:30pm when shots were fired, hitting Sonam Wangmo in the arm and Zhang Yeying in the hand.
Free Tibet Campaign’s source spoke to eyewitnesses who reported hearing four or five shots and stated that the shots appeared to come from a nearby building known to be accommodating troops recently quartered in the town. Tibetans who went to the assistance of the women, reported that Chinese soldiers arrived on the scene shortly after the shots were fired. The witnesses report that the Chinese troops claimed that the firing had been a mistake. The women were taken to the Ngaba County Civil Hospital. Their present medical condition is unknown.
An atmosphere of great fear is reported in Ngaba town, where a 7pm curfew has been in effect since 1 August. The curfew is being maintained by a five-fold increase in the number of Chinese soldiers based in Ngaba town. It is not known whether the soldiers are from regular People’s Liberation Army (PLA) units or from the People’s Armed Police (PAP). There are reports that checkpoints manned by armed soldiers have been set up on each road in Ngaba town and Tibetans registered in other towns are not being allowed in to Ngaba.
The crackdown appears to extend beyond Ngaba town. Eyewitnesses report troops performing military drills (see photos below) on grassland used as pasture for Tibetan nomads from the nearby villages of Jadhe and Chushu, trampling the crops and grass. Most of the guests from the local Ngaba county government were invited to observe the exercise.
Free Tibet Campaign is unable to confirm the reason for the huge influx of troops in Ngaba town, however it is reported that the troops will be there until after the end of the Beijing Olympics, suggesting their purpose is to suppress any protests by Tibetans during the Games.
Ngaba town was the scene of a brutal crackdown by Chinese security forces in March following the outbreak of protests throughout Tibet against Chinese rule. On March 16 Chinese security forces fired live rounds into a crowd of peacefully protesting Tibetans, killing at least 13 according to eyewitnesses(1). The shooting was widely reported in the international media.
Director of Free Tibet Campaign, Stephanie Brigden, said:
“The Chinese government must launch an immediate and open investigation into these shootings.
“Gordon Brown, when he meets President Hu at the Games later this month, must seek an explanation for the military build up and restrictions in Ngaba town and he must publicly condemn the worsening human rights situation in Tibet."
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For further information:
In Asia: Matt Whitticase on +66 844 549764
In London : Stephanie Brigden on +44 (0) 7530 528264 or Anne Holmes on +44 (0)7798 666658
http://www.freetibet.org/newsmedia/100808
Padma-Dolma Fielitz und David Demes am Frankfurter Flughafen
Padma-Dolma Fielitz und David Demes am Frankfurter Flughafen
(11.08.2008)
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