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» Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile in Sikkim - 21-June-2010
Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile in Sikkim June 21, 2010 Press Trust of India June 18, 2010 Gangtok, June 18 (PTI) - Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-exile Samdung Rinpoche today asked community members to take the middle path as espoused by the Dalai Lama in their long-drawn struggle for freedom. Rinpoche, who is on a two-day visit here, held a meeting with the members of the Tibetan community at the Tsokhasum Hall at Nam-Nang here. Rinpoche advised the community members to continue their struggle for the cause of Tibetan Freedom and the welfare of Tibetans especially those in Tibet. He also appreciated the support of the community members in this regard. He also emphasized the middle path as espoused by the Dalai Lama and urged the Tibetan people to continue on this path for fulfillment of their aims and objectives. The meeting was attended by the Tibetan Welfare Officer, D Dorjee, Sherab Phal chen from Ralang Monastery and a huge gathering of Tibetans from G

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» NZ lawmaker clashes with Chinese security - 21-June-2010
NZ lawmaker clashes with Chinese security June 21, 2010 Reuters June 18, 2010 WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand lawmaker holding a Tibetan flag clashed on Friday with Chinese officials during a visit by China's vice president to the country's parliament, local media reported. Russel Norman, co-leader of the minority Green Party, was holding the flag and calling out for democracy in Tibet as Xi Jinping arrived at the parliament building for a round of official meetings. A small group of China supporters, including several identified as security officials, tried to block Norman with an umbrella and then grabbed the Tibetan flag from him, media said. "I think it's pretty outrageous that Chinese security can come to our country and push around an elected member of parliament simply because we are standing up for democracy and freedom in our own country on our own parliamentary grounds," the NZ Press Association reported Norman as saying after the incident. Norman said he was

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» Sherlock Holmes returns - from Nepal - 21-June-2010
Sherlock Holmes returns - from Nepal June 21, 2010 Sify (India) June 18, 2010 More than 80 years after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the last Sherlock Holmes story, the taciturn, relentless and utterly fascinating sleuth is back again - and this time from Nepal. House no 583 Museum Marg in Kathmandu is as different from 221 B Baker Street as Dr John Watson is from Ted Riccardi. Yet it is the latter - an American scholar and Indologist - who has assumed the mantle of Watson, the chronicler of most of Holmes' adventures.  From his adopted home in Kathmandu, the 73-year-old has brought Holmes back from the grave in his first work of fiction, 'The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes'. Narrating the British detective's fascinating exploits in Tibet, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and even the 'Dutch Indies', the book was originally published by Random House in 2003, but has now been brought to Nepal by the Kathmandu-based Himal Books. To scholars and linguists, Riccardi needs no introduction

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» NZ lawmaker claims Chinese security attacked him - 21-June-2010
NZ lawmaker claims Chinese security attacked him June 21, 2010 By RAY LILLEY (AP) WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand lawmaker accused the Chinese vice president's security staff of pushing him, hitting him with an umbrella and tearing from his grasp a Tibetan flag during his one-man protest Friday. Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says the clash occurred on the steps of Parliament as Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived for a meeting with officials. Norman said he was surrounded by Xi's guards as he waved a Tibetan flag and called for democracy in the Himalayan territory, which comunist troops occupied in the early 1950s. "The Chinese security guards elbowed me out of the way, and then I got an umbrella over the top of me and they took the flag off my hands and trampled on it," Norman told reporters. Parliament's speaker Lockwood Smith immediately called for an investigation. Norman later laid a formal complaint of assault with police and sought the detent

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» Doc ethics questioned in 'Zanskar' - 21-June-2010
Doc ethics questioned in 'Zanskar' June 21, 2010 By JIM SLOTEK, jim.slotek@sunmedia.ca QMI Agency The Toronto Sun (Canada) June 18, 2010 Journey from Zanskar Director: Frederick Marx Starring: Geshe Lobsang Yonten, The Dalai Lama, Richard Gere Running time: One hour, 30 minutes I can certainly see the attraction of the Tibetan diaspora to documentarians. They're a devout and culturally passionate Buddhist people, hoping to wrest their land back from the Chinese through sheer karma, their fires glowing in ashrams in a mountainous netherworld between giants like India and Pakistan. Amid our dim memories of Shangri-La fables, practically anything to do with Tibet will resonate. Some, like 2008's Unmistaken Child - about the search for the toddler reincarnation of a Buddhist lama - really do seem to reflect something transcendent. But the latest in this genre, Journey from Zanskar, evokes uncomfortable questions about documentaries in general. Narrated by Richard Gere, aka the Dalai Lama'

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» Rights Sites Under Attack - 21-June-2010
Rights Sites Under Attack June 21, 2010 2010-06-15 Prominent rights Web sites say they have been attacked. AFP People use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing, June 3, 2009. HONG KONG—Several prominent Web sites dedicated to rights activism, and to attempts by ordinary citizens to seek redress against official wrongdoing, have reported hacker attacks and other forms of malfunction in recent weeks. Several sites, including the prominent Rights Network of China, the Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch, and Democracy China reported freezing and crashing that lasted the whole of last weekend. "This is the latest in a series of attacks this year," said Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch founder Liu Feiyue. "We have increased browsing compared with last year, so the number of attacks has risen proportionally." Liu said he believed the attacks happened because the government is unhappy with the content on his site, which contains criticism of the ruling Communist P

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» Is Chinese threat to India real? - 21-June-2010
Is Chinese threat to India real? June 21, 2010 By Afshain Afzal The News (India) June 18, 2010 Quite recently, it was reported that Chinese Navy ships visited Indian port of Cochin to impress upon Indian strategists that New Delhi is no match to Chinese military might. Many Indian strategists and analysts consider that Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean is a warning to Indian Navy that Chinese can show their presence every where. It is being feared that with seven destinations to support China including in Maldives, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Pakistan, India stands no where. Indian Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma is also scheduled to visit Sri Lanka shortly to improve defence ties and keep China off Sri Lanka. It is one record that Indian former Defence Minister, George Fernandez claimed that India?s Enemy No.1 was China and not Pakistan. If we link the presence of Chinese Navy in Indian Ocean, the claim of George Fernandez seems true but is it

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» China-Style Security Doesn't Travel Well - 21-June-2010
China-Style Security Doesn't Travel Well June 21, 2010 Jason Dean The Wall Street Journal June 18, 2010 An incident in New Zealand has ignited fresh controversy about the behavior of Chinese security personnel on foreign soil when confronted by pro-Tibet protests. Russel Norman, co-leader of New Zealand?s Green Party and a member of parliament, says he was "assaulted" by Chinese security personnel accompanying Vice President Xi Jinping, who was in the Land of the Long White Cloud on Friday as part of a four-nation trip. The altercation occurred outside a parliamentary building called the Beehive in the Kiwi capital of Wellington. Video footage shown on New Zealand station TV ONE shows clearly a scuffle and tempers flaring. As the New Zealand parliamentary speaker greets Xi several meters away, Norman begins waving a Tibetan flag and hollering "Freedom for Tibet. Freedom for the people of Tibet." A suit-clad member of Xi?s entourage opens an umbrella in front of the

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» A world without Dalai Lama - 21-June-2010
A world without Dalai Lama June 21, 2010 Tibetans and the spiritual leader himself ponder the inevitable To his followers, the Dalai Lama is the Presence, the Holder of the White Lotus, the Absolute Wisdom, the Ocean.To his followers, the Dalai Lama is the Presence, the Holder of the White Lotus, the Absolute Wisdom, the Ocean. By Tim Sullivan The Washington Times June 17, 2010 DHARMSALA, India (AP) - The question looms over this raggedy hillside town, a place where ancient mysticism constantly brushes against the realities of modern geopolitics. The monks who fled across the Himalayas ask it quietly, as do the exile politicians. Even the angry young activists are careful how they raise the issue. But as the man at the center of the Tibetan exile movement approaches his 75th birthday, the question has become inescapable: What happens after the Dalai Lama dies? The issue echoes far from Dharmsala, the Dalai Lama's home since he fled Tibet after a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese ru

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» The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom - 21-June-2010
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom June 21, 2010 Walter Addiego - waddiego@sfchronicle.com The San Francisco Chronicle June 18, 2010 POLITE APPLAUSE Documentary. Directed by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam. In English, Mandarin and Tibetan with English subtitles. Not rated. 79 minutes. At the Opera Plaza in San Francisco and Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley. "The Sun Behind the Clouds" is a well-made and sobering look at the current state of Tibet's battle for some degree of autonomy. Most notably, the film offers footage secretly shot in Tibet showing China's brutal crackdown against independence protesters in 2008, and shows us dissension within the movement. The documentary made the news columns in January when China, in what may have been a punitive move, pulled two films from the Palm Springs International Film Festival, which was showing "The Sun Behind the Clouds." The filmmakers - Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam - use a 2,500-kilometer protest ma

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» China now pressuring Tibetans outside politics - 21-June-2010
China now pressuring Tibetans outside politics June 21, 2010 By CARA ANNA (AP) BEIJING — Karma Samdrup was always the kind of Tibetan the Chinese government liked. The antiques dealer's cultural and environmental preservation efforts won national awards and praise, and he stayed out of the region's highly charged politics. But next week he'll stand trial on what rights groups say is a trumped-up charge of grave-robbing amid the largest crackdown on Tibetan intellectuals since the Cultural Revolution. China's government has grown increasingly sensitive about Tibet in the two years since rioting in the regional capital of Lhasa left 22 people dead and led to the most sustained Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in decades. Violent clashes and demonstrations swept Tibetan towns throughout western China, where occasional protests still continue, and security remains extremely tight. Now, activist groups say a growing number of Tibetan intellectuals are coming under pressure from

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» His Holiness the Dalai Lama warmly received in Tokyo - 21-June-2010
His Holiness the Dalai Lama warmly received in Tokyo June 21, 2010 Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) June 18, 2010 Tokyo - His Holiness the Dalai Lama was warmly received on arriving at Tokyo Narita airport this morning. Ven Wakaomi and executive members of Nagano Zenkoji Temple, Representative Tshoko Lhakpa and staff of Liaison Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Japan, the protocol officer from the Indian Consulate, security personnel, Japanese people and Tibetan community received His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the airport. On reaching Marunouchi Hotel, His Holiness was received by Mr. Seishu Makino, the founder and Chairman of the Japanese Parliamentary Group for Tibet (JPGT) and Japanese media. His Holiness spoke to the media on topics like new leadership in Japan, finance, and democracy in Japan. His Holiness the Dalai Lama is in Japan for a ten-day visit from 18-27 June. Zenkoji Temple in Nagano has invited His Holiness to visit the Temple and address their monks and th

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» Doc ethics questioned in 'Zanskar' - 21-June-2010
Doc ethics questioned in 'Zanskar' June 21, 2010 By JIM SLOTEK, jim.slotek@sunmedia.ca QMI Agency The Toronto Sun (Canada) June 18, 2010 Journey from Zanskar Director: Frederick Marx Starring: Geshe Lobsang Yonten, The Dalai Lama, Richard Gere Running time: One hour, 30 minutes I can certainly see the attraction of the Tibetan diaspora to documentarians. They're a devout and culturally passionate Buddhist people, hoping to wrest their land back from the Chinese through sheer karma, their fires glowing in ashrams in a mountainous netherworld between giants like India and Pakistan. Amid our dim memories of Shangri-La fables, practically anything to do with Tibet will resonate. Some, like 2008's Unmistaken Child - about the search for the toddler reincarnation of a Buddhist lama - really do seem to reflect something transcendent. But the latest in this genre, Journey from Zanskar, evokes uncomfortable questions about documentaries in general. Narrated by Richard Gere, aka the Dalai Lama'

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» Woeser on Mining in Tibet - 21-June-2010
Woeser on Mining in Tibet June 21, 2010 Tibet Custom June 18, 2010 High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser that was originally written for Radio Free Asia on April 14, 2010 in Beijing and posted on her blog on June 13, 2010. Woeser had spent some time in Lhasa in February and March 2010 and this blogpost refers to that time. Since the earthquake that took place on April 14, 2010 in Kham, Woeser's blog writings focused on monitoring the situation and bringing out news, which perhaps explains the almost two month delay in posting this article. This is not the first time that Woeser has written about mining and environmental issues, see also the blogpost from November 2009 titled Tibet's Water Pollution and China's "Global Warming". I went to Gyama in the summer of 2005. I visited the temple to make offerings to the statue of Songtsen Gampo and met with the elderly man who guards the temple. I also went into the nearby village and to the nunnery built on top o

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» The Indo-US Strategic Dialogue: Restoring Faith In The Partnership?... - 21-June-2010
The Indo-US Strategic Dialogue: Restoring Faith In The Partnership? June 21, 2010 By Sean Angiolillo Eurasia Review June 18, 2010 Has the recently concluded Indo-US Strategic Dialogue restored any faith in the partnership between these two democracies? Or was it just another example of symbolism lacking deliverables? More broadly, how valid is the Indian perception that the strategic partnership has been downgraded in favor of the US? immediate security challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as its financial dependency on China? Has President Obama in fact discarded Bush?s strategic vision of Asia, where India would play the key role as a counterweight to China? The fate of the Indo-US strategic partnership lies in an examination of both countries? short and long-term interests. While India and the US share the long term challenge of a rising China, Af-Pak is essentially a short-term challenge for the US, but most certainly a long-term problem for India. Thus, Af-Pak, much mo

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» Family traces detained kin in Drapchi - 21-June-2010
Family traces detained kin in Drapchi June 21, 2010 By Kalsang Rinchen Phayul June 17, 2010 22:54] Dharamsala, June 17 - A Tibetan man arrested last month from the Tibetan capital Lhasa is believed to be held in Drapchi prison, the Voice of Tibet radio reported citing his younger brother. Family members and relatives of Samdup Gyatso, 28, made efforts to locate him since his arrest on May 1 this year for staging a protest against the Chinese government's handling of the Kyegudo earthquake relief funds. They knew his whereabouts on June 13, according to Samdup's younger brother Tenpa Dhargyal. Dhargyal said his brother had been tortured in prison and is in poor physical condition. He said his brother's initial plan was to hold his protest on the birthday of the Panchen Lama on April 25. On May 1, Samdup shouted anti government slogans at a busy Tsuglakhang where many Tibetans had gathered for religious activities. "Invite the Dalai Lama to Tibet, ?release the Panchen Lama, ? he ch

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» China notes ties with Islamic world - 20-June-2010
UPI Published: June 18, 2010 at 12:05 AM BEIJING, June 18 (UPI) - The Chinese government, facing separatist pressures from its minority Uighurs in the northwest, says it values its friendly relations with the Islamic world. In his meeting in Beijing with visiting Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the 56-nation member Organization of the Islamic Conference, China's top legislator, Wu Bangguo, said his government has always valued its ties with Islamic nations, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. He said China appreciated the Islamic nations' firm support of China's core interests, which usually refers to its sovereign claims on Taiwan and Tibet. Wu said China has always supported Islamic nations on issues of concern to them. The report said Wu briefed Ihsanoglu on China's national and religious policies and on the social and economic situation of the Xinjiang-Uighur region. Communist China was hit by its worst ethnic riots last July in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang-Uighur

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» China mission to repair political ties - 20-June-2010
The Age June 21, 2010 CHINA is closely watching the resource tax stoush in Australia, sensitive to any threat to the supply of minerals that underpin China's economic boom. Vice-President Xi Jinping will meet Prime Minister Rudd in Canberra today amid threats from the mining industry that major projects are at risk if the government's new tax goes ahead. The visit by Mr Xi is part of a wider repair job for Australia-China ties after a series of tense months in the relationship. Mr Xi was doubtless bemused by reports of Kevin Rudd's fascination with mating rodents - this is the Year of the Tiger, after all. Yet despite Mr Rudd's reported annoyance with China's hardline stance during climate change talks in Copenhagen last year and the fallout over the trial of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, officials insist the relationship is on track. Mr Xi's six-day visit to Australia is a clear sign by Beijing's political elite that nothing should impede the rich supply of Australian resources to th

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» AP Exclusive: Uighurs flee China after riots - 20-June-2010
Article Link By GILLIAN WONG (AP) 2010-06-20  Uighur protesters march through the street in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009. A group of 10 police in bulletproof vests and helmets and armed with batons and stun guns blocked Uighur protesters' march within minutes, followed shortly by several dozen more police who surrounded the group and forced them to squat on the sidewalk when the group of about 40 Uighur men and women began to march. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)" BEIJING — Police came looking for Vali days after bloody ethnic riots broke out in the far west last year, saying they had video footage of him among fleeing protesters and later shouting at an officer. The 22-year-old man was not home, and his father called to tell him to stay away. Vali hid for weeks before escaping to the Netherlands to join an estimated 150 other Uighurs — a Muslim minority group from China's Xinjiang region — seeking refugee status. "Once I got off the pl

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» A new Great Game in Central Asia as Kyrgyzstan suffers - 20-June-2010
The National Adrian Pabst Last Updated: June 18. 2010 1:17AM UAE / June 17. 2010 9:17PM GMT The violent ethnic unrest at the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, which has killed hundreds and displaced more than a quarter of a million people over the past few days, is not simply a political crisis that is turning into a humanitarian tragedy. Instead, it represents the latest drama in the Great Game dominating Central Asia and beyond for more than two centuries. Just as tsarist Russia and imperial Britain carved out spheres of interest in the 19th century, Moscow and Beijing are vying for geopolitical hegemony in the 21st. Paradoxically, at a time when the US and other western countries speak of a “multi-partner world”, we are seeing the rise of old eastern empires dressed in new clothes. This disproves the claim that the world will gradually converge towards a universal model of liberal market democracy. The United Nations has proven far too weak to impose a multilateral solution. The sec

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» Problems remain unsolved as refugees mark another World Refugee Day... - 20-June-2010
Today's Zaman by Recep Korkut* 20 June 2010, Sunda  It is hard to put this feeling into words, or to explain it to people who are hesitant about even moving house or who hate taking long trips. This is something you can't understand until you've gone through it. The refugee experience means undergoing difficulties such as being forced to leave your homeland, being displaced from your social and cultural context, leaving behind everything you own, witnessing death and destruction and suffering tragic personal loss. These are experiences that can not be compensated for once they happen. Today is June 20, World Refugee Day. Everyone's eyes are turned, albeit temporarily, to the "unwelcome guests" who were forced leave their countries, mainly due to poverty and war. Since December 2000, when the UN adopted a resolution to celebrate World Refugee Day, June 20 has been an opportunity to remember and commend refugees for the courage they've shown in surviving and their ability to remain posi

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» China mission to repair political ties - 20-June-2010
The AgeJune 21, 2010 CHINA is closely watching the resource tax stoush in Australia, sensitive to any threat to the supply of minerals that underpin China's economic boom. Vice-President Xi Jinping will meet Prime Minister Rudd in Canberra today amid threats from the mining industry that major projects are at risk if the government's new tax goes ahead. The visit by Mr Xi is part of a wider repair job for Australia-China ties after a series of tense months in the relationship. Mr Xi was doubtless bemused by reports of Kevin Rudd's fascination with mating rodents - this is the Year of the Tiger, after all. Yet despite Mr Rudd's reported annoyance with China's hardline stance during climate change talks in Copenhagen last year and the fallout over the trial of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, officials insist the relationship is on track. Mr Xi's six-day visit to Australia is a clear sign by Beijing's political elite that nothing should impede the rich supply of Australian resources to the

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» China notes ties with Islamic world - 20-June-2010
UPIPublished: June 18, 2010 at 12:05 AM BEIJING, June 18 (UPI) - The Chinese government, facing separatist pressures from its minority Uighurs in the northwest, says it values its friendly relations with the Islamic world. In his meeting in Beijing with visiting Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the 56-nation member Organization of the Islamic Conference, China's top legislator, Wu Bangguo, said his government has always valued its ties with Islamic nations, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. He said China appreciated the Islamic nations' firm support of China's core interests, which usually refers to its sovereign claims on Taiwan and Tibet. Wu said China has always supported Islamic nations on issues of concern to them. The report said Wu briefed Ihsanoglu on China's national and religious policies and on the social and economic situation of the Xinjiang-Uighur region. Communist China was hit by its worst ethnic riots last July in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang-Uighur.

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» A new Great Game in Central Asia as Kyrgyzstan suffers - 20-June-2010
The NationalAdrian PabstLast Updated: June 18. 2010 1:17AM UAE / June 17. 2010 9:17PM GMT The violent ethnic unrest at the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, which has killed hundreds and displaced more than a quarter of a million people over the past few days, is not simply a political crisis that is turning into a humanitarian tragedy. Instead, it represents the latest drama in the Great Game dominating Central Asia and beyond for more than two centuries. Just as tsarist Russia and imperial Britain carved out spheres of interest in the 19th century, Moscow and Beijing are vying for geopolitical hegemony in the 21st. Paradoxically, at a time when the US and other western countries speak of a “multi-partner world”, we are seeing the rise of old eastern empires dressed in new clothes. This disproves the claim that the world will gradually converge towards a universal model of liberal market democracy. The United Nations has proven far too weak to impose a multilateral solution. The secre

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» China notes ties with Islamic world - 20-June-2010
UPIPublished: June 18, 2010 at 12:05 AM BEIJING, June 18 (UPI) - The Chinese government, facing separatist pressures from its minority Uighurs in the northwest, says it values its friendly relations with the Islamic world. In his meeting in Beijing with visiting Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the 56-nation member Organization of the Islamic Conference, China's top legislator, Wu Bangguo, said his government has always valued its ties with Islamic nations, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. He said China appreciated the Islamic nations' firm support of China's core interests, which usually refers to its sovereign claims on Taiwan and Tibet. Wu said China has always supported Islamic nations on issues of concern to them. The report said Wu briefed Ihsanoglu on China's national and religious policies and on the social and economic situation of the Xinjiang-Uighur region. Communist China was hit by its worst ethnic riots last July in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang-Uighur.

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» New Chinese Regime Campaign Suppresses Uyghur Identity and Belief... - 19-June-2010
By Wen Jing Epoch Times Staff Created: Jun 19, 2010 Last Updated: Jun 19, 2010 Last month, the Chinese Communist regime initiated a series of political movements in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the title of “Protecting social stability and unity between the ethnic groups.” These campaigns include: burning the Uyghur’s’ traditional women’s clothing and Muslim religious books, closing study places for the Koran and detaining or economically punishing those who participate in or organize any groups to study the Koran. Even having a long beard became a reason for economic punishment. According to the spokesperson for the World Uyghur Congress, Mr. Dilshat Rishit, the Chinese Communist regime burned 534 Uyghur women’s scarves, 142 sets of clothing, 104 sets of veils and 600 plus Muslim books. Three study places of the Koran were shut down and 7 Uyghur citizens were detained. Others who participated in or organized Koranic study groups were

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» New Chinese Regime Campaign Suppresses Uyghur Identity and Belief... - 19-June-2010
By Wen JingEpoch Times StaffCreated: Jun 19, 2010 Last Updated: Jun 19, 2010 Last month, the Chinese Communist regime initiated a series of political movements in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the title of “Protecting social stability and unity between the ethnic groups.” These campaigns include: burning the Uyghur’s’ traditional women’s clothing and Muslim religious books, closing study places for the Koran and detaining or economically punishing those who participate in or organize any groups to study the Koran. Even having a long beard became a reason for economic punishment. According to the spokesperson for the World Uyghur Congress, Mr. Dilshat Rishit, the Chinese Communist regime burned 534 Uyghur women’s scarves, 142 sets of clothing, 104 sets of veils and 600 plus Muslim books. Three study places of the Koran were shut down and 7 Uyghur citizens were detained. Others who participated in or organized Koranic study groups were r

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Uyghur News / Radio Free Asia English

» Detention for Flood Rescuers - 18-June-2010
Authorities in Xinjiang are jittery ahead of a sensitive anniversary. Photo: Hu Jun Police watch the streets in Urumqi ahead of the first anniversary of the July 5, 2009 ethnic violence. HONG KONG—Authorities near the Silk Road city of Kashgar have detained around a dozen ethnic Uyghurs after they organized themselves to help local residents hit by huge rainstorms and massive flash flooding, overseas groups and officials said. "We are all engaged in flood relief work," said a police officer who answered the phone at Yengisar [in Chinese, Yingjisha] county's Uchar [in Chinese, Wuqia] police station in the Kashgar region of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). He said local officials had already implemented flood prevention measures in case the floods came back. But he declined to comment on the reported detentions of 13 Uyghurs for disturbing public order. "I can't answer that question," the officer said. "Can you get your information from the Internet—we are very busy here," h

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» China plans Xinjiang crackdown for riot anniversary - 18-June-2010
Foreign 2010-06-18 17:54 BEIJING, Friday 18 June 2010 (AFP) - Police in the capital of China's restive Xinjiang will launch a security clampdown ahead of the anniversary of ethnic riots, the government said Friday, in an indication they fear further unrest. Authorities in the city of Urumqi, which exploded in deadly riots last July 5, will "increase the police presence in key places, vital sectors and public areas," the Xinjiang region's state-run Tianshannet website said. Police will also ramp up inspections of all people transporting and using dangerous explosive materials and "severely deal" with those found violating the rules. Xinjiang had already been beefing up security and authorities have warned of a continued "separatist" threat in the region after the violence in Urumqi last July between Muslim ethnic Uighurs and members of China's dominant Han group. The violence saw nearly 200 people killed and up to 1,700 injured, according to government figures. The new clampdown will b

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» Chinese whispers - 18-June-2010
Not believing what they read in the papers, China’s leaders commission their own The Economist Jun 17th 2010 IN A country where independent information-gathering is kept in check, what China’s leaders know and how they know it matters hugely. A recently leaked speech by Xia Lin, a senior editor at Xinhua, China’s government-run news agency, suggests that even though press controls have been somewhat loosened in recent years, leaders still rely heavily on secret reports filed by Xinhua journalists. Other evidence indicates this fault-prone system is actually gaining in importance. In the speech last month Mr Xia revealed that the news agency’s public reports about an eruption of ethnic rioting in the far-western region of Xinjiang last July had played down revenge attacks by Han Chinese against members of the region’s biggest ethnic group, the Uighurs. Mr Xia said it was only after reading a classified “internal reference” report on the reprisa

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» Human Rights Defenders: Tulip Nomination of Ms Kadeer and Mr Jemilev... - 18-June-2010
UNPO The Hague, 17 June 2010 On Monday 14 June 2010, UNPO nominated two human rights defenders for the Dutch Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award; Rebiya Kadeer and Mustafa Jemilev, both of whom have demonstrated outstanding commitment to campaigning for the rights of their people. The Tulip Award is an accolade awarded by the Dutch government, to honor the work done by individuals in this field and to increase awareness of the breaches in human rights taking place across the globe. Rebiya Kadeer, is the Uyghur human rights activist from East Turkestan and so-called “Mother of the Uyghurs” by her people, she has suffered repression at the hands of the Chinese government’s policies and been an active campaigner on behalf of her people since her release as a prisoner of conscience in 1995. She now lives in exile in the US, separated from her family which she had to leave behind; her sons in fact are detained in China as a consequence. Ms Kadeer has also been nominated fo

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» Detention for Flood Rescuers - 18-June-2010
  RFA 2010-06-18 HONG KONG—Authorities near the Silk Road city of Kashgar have detained around a dozen ethnic Uyghurs after they organized themselves to help local residents hit by huge rainstorms and massive flash flooding, overseas groups and officials said. "We are all engaged in flood relief work," said a police officer who answered the phone at Yengisar [in Chinese, Yingjisha] county's Uchar [in Chinese, Wuqia] police station in the Kashgar region of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). He said local officials had already implemented flood prevention measures in case the floods came back. But he declined to comment on the reported detentions of 13 Uyghurs for disturbing public order. "I can't answer that question," the officer said. "Can you get your information from the Internet—we are very busy here," he said. An employee who answered the phone at the Wuqia village credit union said the flooding had been going on for three days, and was still causing disrup

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Uyghur News / Uyghur Human Rights Project

» Detention for Flood Rescuers - 18-June-2010
RFA2010-06-18HONG KONG—Authorities near the Silk Road city of Kashgar have detained around a dozen ethnic Uyghurs after they organized themselves to help local residents hit by huge rainstorms and massive flash flooding, overseas groups and officials said. "We are all engaged in flood relief work," said a police officer who answered the phone at Yengisar [in Chinese, Yingjisha] county's Uchar [in Chinese, Wuqia] police station in the Kashgar region of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). He said local officials had already implemented flood prevention measures in case the floods came back. But he declined to comment on the reported detentions of 13 Uyghurs for disturbing public order. "I can't answer that question," the officer said. "Can you get your information from the Internet—we are very busy here," he said. An employee who answered the phone at the Wuqia village credit union said the flooding had been going on for three days, and was still causing disruption

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» Chinese whispers - 18-June-2010
Not believing what they read in the papers, China’s leaders commission their ownThe EconomistJun 17th 2010 IN A country where independent information-gathering is kept in check, what China’s leaders know and how they know it matters hugely. A recently leaked speech by Xia Lin, a senior editor at Xinhua, China’s government-run news agency, suggests that even though press controls have been somewhat loosened in recent years, leaders still rely heavily on secret reports filed by Xinhua journalists. Other evidence indicates this fault-prone system is actually gaining in importance. In the speech last month Mr Xia revealed that the news agency’s public reports about an eruption of ethnic rioting in the far-western region of Xinjiang last July had played down revenge attacks by Han Chinese against members of the region’s biggest ethnic group, the Uighurs. Mr Xia said it was only after reading a classified “internal reference” report on the reprisals

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» Human Rights Defenders: Tulip Nomination of Ms Kadeer and Mr Jemilev... - 18-June-2010
UNPOThe Hague, 17 June 2010 On Monday 14 June 2010, UNPO nominated two human rights defenders for the Dutch Human Rights Defenders Tulip Award; Rebiya Kadeer and Mustafa Jemilev, both of whom have demonstrated outstanding commitment to campaigning for the rights of their people. The Tulip Award is an accolade awarded by the Dutch government, to honor the work done by individuals in this field and to increase awareness of the breaches in human rights taking place across the globe. Rebiya Kadeer, is the Uyghur human rights activist from East Turkestan and so-called “Mother of the Uyghurs” by her people, she has suffered repression at the hands of the Chinese government’s policies and been an active campaigner on behalf of her people since her release as a prisoner of conscience in 1995. She now lives in exile in the US, separated from her family which she had to leave behind; her sons in fact are detained in China as a consequence. Ms Kadeer has also been nominated for

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» China plans Xinjiang crackdown for riot anniversary - 18-June-2010
Foreign2010-06-18 17:54 BEIJING, Friday 18 June 2010 (AFP) - Police in the capital of China's restive Xinjiang will launch a security clampdown ahead of the anniversary of ethnic riots, the government said Friday, in an indication they fear further unrest. Authorities in the city of Urumqi, which exploded in deadly riots last July 5, will "increase the police presence in key places, vital sectors and public areas," the Xinjiang region's state-run Tianshannet website said. Police will also ramp up inspections of all people transporting and using dangerous explosive materials and "severely deal" with those found violating the rules. Xinjiang had already been beefing up security and authorities have warned of a continued "separatist" threat in the region after the violence in Urumqi last July between Muslim ethnic Uighurs and members of China's dominant Han group. The violence saw nearly 200 people killed and up to 1,700 injured, according to government figures. The new clampdown will be

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» Fierce fighting in Tibet - 18-June-2010
Fierce fighting in Tibet June 18, 2010 Deccan Chronicle 50 Years Ago June 17, 2010 Kathmandu (Nepal), June 16 - Chinese cavalry units penetrated Nepal?s north border in pursuit of Tibetan guerrilla fighters seeking temporary refuge in Nepal, Mr Keshavlal Shrista, the President of the Nepal National Committee of the Afro-Asian Council, said here yesterday. He said a large number of the Tibetan guerrillas had reached the Nepalese border. They said they would return to Tibet after a brief stay. These guerrillas said there was fierce fighting in Tibet and both sides had suffered heavy casualties. The Chinese dead were being carried away in five-ton trucks it was reported. Fighting was reported at Garojong, in Western Tibet, where the women were joining their menfolk in fighting the Chinese. Many of the wounded were removed to Shigatse, Gyantse, and Ulhasa, the reports said.

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» New Zealand PM urged to raise Tibet on Chinese VP visit - 18-June-2010
New Zealand PM urged to raise Tibet on Chinese VP visit June 18, 2010 By Phurbu Thinley Phayul June 16, 2010 Dharamsala, June 15 - New Zealand Tibet campaigners have called on Prime Minister John Key to raise Tibet issue when the Chinese vice president pays a three-day state visit this week. Chinese Vice President Mr Xi Jinping, the man widely tipped to succeed the president Hu Jintao in 2012, is visiting New Zealand from June 17 to 19, when he will meet Mr Key. New Zealand's Friends of Tibet, in a statement released today, urged the Mr key to "raise concerns about the situation in Tibet" during their meeting. "Specifically we call on him to ask Vice President Xi to help to urge Hu Jintao to meet the Dalai Lama in order to progress a genuine solution to the occupation of Tibet," the statement said. Xi Jinping is a senior member of the 5th generation of Chinese leaders. He is a "princeling", the son of Xi Zhongxun, a former Vice Premier who supported Hu Ya

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» Discussion on Water and Climate Change - 18-June-2010
Discussion on Water and Climate Change June 18, 2010 ITCO June 17, 2010 New Delhi - Navdanya and Core Group for Tibetan Cause, India jointly organized a discussion on ?Water and Climate Change? at IIC Annexe, New Delhi on 16 June 2010. The panelists for the discussion were Dr. Vandana Shiva, founder-director of Navdanya, Dr. Ramaswamy Iyer, former Secretary of Water Resources, Government of India, Mr. B.G. Verghese, prominent Senior Journalist and a honorary professor of Centre for Policy Research, who was a recipient of Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Mr. Vijay Kranti, Journalist and Tibet expert, and Mr. Tenzin Norbu, executive head of Environment and Development Desk of Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala. The discussion started with the welcome and introductory note by Dr. Nand Kishore Trikha, National Convener of Core Group for Tibetan Cause. Dr. Vandaya Shiva raised the issue of water crisis in India and the disappear

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» It's time to put Tibet on G8 agenda - 18-June-2010
It's time to put Tibet on G8 agenda June 18, 2010 Dermod Travis www.Straight.com June 17, 2010 Next week?s G8 summit in Huntsville, Ontario, is a unique opportunity for world leaders to speak with a single, resolute voice in support of the Dalai Lama?s effort to seek a negotiated settlement with the Chinese government; to push for broader and more meaningful human-rights protection in Tibet and China; and to encourage sustainable development in the region. While the challenges facing Tibetans are great, continued support from Canada and other G8 members for the Dalai Lama?s "middle way" approach has strengthened Tibetan resolve to work toward a mutually beneficial solution with the Chinese government that secures genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people within the Chinese constitution, based on the mutual benefit and long-term interest of the Tibetan and Chinese peoples. Indeed, since 2008, seven members of the G8 have expressed support for the dialogue between the Chinese go

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» The reality of the 'China Fantasy' - 18-June-2010
The reality of the 'China Fantasy' June 18, 2010 Foreign Policy Blog Posted By Will Inboden June 16, 2010 Is the "China Fantasy" starting to get deflated by reality? Three years ago, Jim Mann's provocative book of that title identified the "China Fantasy: Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China" as the dogmatic belief of many Western political and commercial elites that China's economic liberalization and growth would lead inevitably to democracy at home and responsible conduct abroad. The operative word was "inevitably" - the assumption being that China's remarkable economic success would automatically produce a middle class that demanded greater political rights, and that China's growing integration with the global economy would produce benign and responsible international behavior. Based on this assumption, the corollary policy prescription for the West was to pursue a policy of engagement and encouragement towards China's rise. This paradigm

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» Tibetans and Tibet groups worldwide call for a retrial for Tenzin Delek Rinpoche... - 18-June-2010
Tibetans and Tibet groups worldwide call for a retrial for Tenzin Delek Rinpoche June 18, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tibet Society June 16, 2010 London, 16 June - Today, in a global action, a 40,000-signature petition calling for justice for imprisoned Tibetan community leader, Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, has been delivered to Chinese embassies in eight countries. Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a Tibetan community leader who was originally sentenced to death in 2002 following a closed trial, later commuted to life imprisonment, is reported by his family to be in very ill health, suffering from high blood pressure and heart disease. In an action to highlight his case and the urgency of his situation, Tibetans and Tibet supporters around the globe delivered a 40,000-signature petition (1) to Chinese embassies in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, UK and the United States (2), that calls for a new trial for imprisoned religious and community leader Tenzin Delek Rinpoche. This petition

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» Sisters Visit Jailed Monk - 18-June-2010
Sisters Visit Jailed Monk June 18, 2010 A well-known Tibetan monk is said to be ailing in detention. UPDATED AND EDITED AT 1530 EST TO CLARIFY CHINESE LAW REGARDING THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY Radio Free Asia June 11, 2010 HONG KONG - Two sisters of a prominent Tibetan monk serving a life sentence in a Chinese jail despite an international outcry have visited him the southwestern province of Sichuan, where supporters have repeatedly rallied in his defense. "The two sisters met Tenzin Delek Rinpoche on April 27, 2010," said a source from Lithang, a Tibetan region of Sichuan province. "They had been requesting to meet him for a long time." The source said the sisters hurried to an unspecified meeting place some 200 miles (320 kms) from the provincial capital, Chengdu, after being informed of the meeting two days earlier. A second source confirmed the visit. "On April 25, 2010, the deputy governor and the head prosecutor in Lithang county suddenly appeared at th

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» No Official Welcome For The Dalai Lama - 18-June-2010
No Official Welcome For The Dalai Lama June 18, 2010 By Rosie Kusunoki Jones The Wall Street Journal June 17, 2010, When the Dalai Lama visited Washington in February, President Barack Obama hosted him at the White House. During the exiled Tibetan leader?s week-long visit to Tokyo starting this Sunday, ?His Holiness has no plans to meet any political figures," according to spokesman Tsewang Gyalpo Arya. The Dalai?s Lama?s non-visit with Prime Minister Naoto Kan is not the first time he has been shunned by a Japanese leader. The Dalai Lama was also given a wide berth  by Yukio Hatoyama when visiting last November, although it was reported that Mr. Hatoyama sent an unofficial message to him through a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and an accompanying group of policy makers. An official at the foreign ministry?s China and Mongolia division told JRT:  "The Dalai Lama only visits Japan for religious purposes and so there has never been an opportunity for

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» New cases of Tibetan writers being arrested, attacked in Tibet... - 18-June-2010
New cases of Tibetan writers being arrested, attacked in Tibet June 18, 2010 Reporters Without Borders June 12, 2010 Reporters Without Borders condemns two new serious cases of detention and use of violence against Tibetan journalists and writers in the past few days. Two magazine editors were arrested by police in Chengdu on 5 June and were mistreated all night before being released, while a writer and monk was arrested without a warrant for the second time in 13 months on 24 May in Ngaba, in eastern Tibet, and has been held ever since without being able to see his family. "The Chinese authorities are offering an idealised vision of a peaceful Tibet in the 2010 Shanghai World Expo but the information coming from the Tibetan areas is very different,? Reporters Without Borders said. ?Arrests, violence and surveillance are the common lot of those who defend Tibetan identity. We urge Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to give clear orders for the release of all imprisoned Tibetan intellectua

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» His Holiness leaves for Japan visit - 18-June-2010
His Holiness leaves for Japan visit June 18, 2010 Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) June 16, 2010 Dharamshala - His Holiness the Dalai Lama left Dharamsala this morning for Delhi from where he will go to Japan for a week-long visit. Tibetans and well wishers lined the roads in Dharamsala to pray for His Holiness' successful visit. His Holiness will deliver a series of public talks and religious teachings in Japan from 20 - 26 June. Programme in Japan: Public Talk in Nagano, Japan on June 20: His Holiness will give a public talk on Guide to Positive Clear Light organized by Zenkoji Templa Nagano. Contact Website: www.zenkoji.jp/2010lecture/index.html Teaching in Kanazawa, Japan on June 22: His Holiness will give a half-day teaching on The Heart Sutra (sherab nyingpo) organized by Busshokai (Tibetan Refugee Support Group). Contact Website: http://www.bsk0622.sakura.ne.jp Teaching in Yokohama, Japan on June 26: His Holiness will give a half-day teaching on Tsongkhapa's In Praise of De

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» Unholy Shoes - 18-June-2010
Unholy Shoes June 18, 2010 by Bhuchung D. Sonam Phayul June 17, 2010 More than 2554 years ago the Buddha said, "Above all do not cease your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts and know no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it." Buddha, of course, did not care much whether one wore canvas shoes, Nike Air or nothing at all, as long as one walks into a state of well being. He may as well be talking to us today when we walk less own more shoes. Some of the colours of our footwear are outrageously bright. Some designs on them outrageously offensive. Recently Keds - a unit of Kansas-based Collective Brands, Inc. and a mass-marketer of canvas-top - sneakers came out with a new line of sneakers called 'Tibetan Buddhist Shoes'. These bear images of the Dalai Lama, the Buddha, holy mantras and other sacred images that Buddhist all over the world revere. Buddhis

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» China bans court evidence obtained by torture - 18-June-2010
China bans court evidence obtained by torture June 18, 2010 By TINI TRAN The Associated Press May 31, 2010 BEIJING - China has issued new rules saying evidence obtained through torture and threats cannot be used in criminal prosecutions and said such evidence would be thrown out in death penalty cases that are under appeal. The new regulations - posted on the central government's website Sunday - make it clear that evidence with unclear origins, confessions obtained through torture, and testimony acquired through violence and threats are invalid. This is the first time Beijing has explicitly stated that evidence obtained under torture or duress is illegal and inadmissible in court. "Since the system was not perfect, the standards on reinforcing the law were not unified and the law executors were not equally competent. Problems occurred in the handling of cases and they should not be ignored," according to a statement on the website. The regulations were released jointly by t

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» Tibetan Writers Brutally Beaten by Chinese Authorities - 18-June-2010
Tibetan Writers Brutally Beaten by Chinese Authorities June 18, 2010 Phuntsok Choedon The Tibet Post International June 14, 2010 Dharamshala - Two famous Tibetan writers are currently receiving hospital treatment in Chengdu, near Eastern Tibetan, following injuries sustained during interrogation and torture by Chinese police, according to a source from inside Tibet, who wishes to remain anonymous. In an e-mail sent to Tibet Post International, our source says that at midnight on June 5 the writers Goyon and Thupten Gedun, of the Tibetan Pen Association, were walking at midnight with their schoolfriend Serta Sherab to a restaurant in Chengdu, when a Chinese a police car and other unmarked cars drew up. 15 police, some wearing no uniform, then threatened them and sprayed them with a gas which rendered them unconscious. They were then taken to a police station. Our source quotes the writers as saying, "When we reached the police station, the police sat us in chairs with automated ha

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Uyghur News / Radio Free Asia English

» Tensions Rise in Quake Town - 17-June-2010
Local Tibetans are unhappy with plans to relocate them as part of a reconstruction plan. RFA The epicenter of the earthquake hit Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's northwestern Qinghai province. HONG KONG—Hundreds of Tibetan residents of a quake-hit region of China's remote western Qinghai province have been protesting since Monday over attempts by the local government to remove them from their land.They gathered outside government offices in Yushu's Gyegu township with banners after the government made public reconstruction plans in which some people would be relocated."The important thing is that in the quake-hit area, a lot of the local people bought land here on which to build their houses," a monk from a local monastery, Tsering Gyatso, said."After the earthquake, the government wanted to move them all out to another place to rebuild their houses, and [the Tibetans] said no, they would build them themselves, and that they didn't want the [government's] land either."He

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