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Tibetans Detest China's Indoctrination Campaign; 2 Seriously Hurt in Clashes in Eastern Tibet
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 10:00 a.m.
Dharamshala: At least two Tibetans were seriously injured in clashes with Chinese security forces on 27 June, which ensued when a group of around twenty Tibetans tried to block the forces from taking into custody of two Tibetan officials tasked with carrying out patriotic education campaign at monastery in eastern Tibet, reliable sources in Tibet reported.
China's patriotic education campaign involves forcing the Tibetans to denounce their spiritual and temporal leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, whom they deeply revere as sun and moon. One of the main causes that sparked the peaceful protests across the Tibetan plateau in March 2008 was years of pent-up resentment against the denunciation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama carried out by the Chinese government.
Chinese forces came to arrest two Tibetan officials, identified as Gyurmey Gonpo and Gyaltsang Dorjee, on charges of dereliction of duty, after the concerned government department found that the patriotic education was only in name and not a single monk was at Taklung monastery. The monastery is under the jurisdiction of Pema and townships in Jomda County in Chamdo Prefecture.
The two officials belong to Pema Township.
Local Tibetan residents confronted with the security offices when they were taking the two Tibetan officials towards Kyabche monastery, resulting in a clash. Several Tibetans were injured, among which Norlha, aged 47 and Gonpo Dhargye, aged 44 sustained serious injuries and their whereabouts are still unknown.
Six Tibetans - Mutsatsang Tseten; Richung Nyidrak; Samphel Norbu; Oyo Tsering; Jampa and Ga Ge – were arrested by Chinese security forces stationed at Kyabche monastery for the last one month.
Following the arrests, residents of Norma Ruwa and Pema Me gathered in large numbers and demanded the release of all those who were arbitrarily arrested. The Chinese forces responded by hitting the protesters with guns and batons.
The Chinese authorities summoned the head of the each family from Nedo village to denounce His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Gyalwang Karmapa and Kyabje monastery.
On 29 June, when the Chinese authorities demanded a piece of land near Jophu monastery, they met strong protest from around 500 Tibetans who shouted slogans, following which a large contingent of security forces came to stop the protesters.
Moreover, a group of monks from Nedo, Terton and Gyune monasteries were forced to carry guns and photographed with Chinese security forces.
The Tibetan residents and monastic communities in Jomda County are undergoing repression and constantly harassed by the Chinese authorities.
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Updates on repression in Tibet
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