Global Tibet Movement fordømmer kinesiske myndigheters eskalerende brudd

Nyhet 23.1.2012

Global Tibet movement fordømmer kinesiske myndigheters
eskalerende brudd på grunnleggende menneskerettigheter overfor
tibetanerne i Tibet. Nye rapporter forteller at fredelige demonstranter
er skutt og slått i Ngaba, Tibet..
Det har vært 16 selv-immolations i østlige Tibet siden mars 2011, i
tillegg til en i februar 2009. Detaljer om hver sak, og et kart som viser

plasseringen av disse self- immolations kan bli funnet på:
Stand Up for Tibet side .
185 Tibet interesseorganisasjoner som danner det internasjonalTibet
Network fordømmer på det sterkeste Kinas politikk og fortsatte
aksjoner i Tibet som har fremprovosert disse tibetanernes desperate
handlinger.
International Tibet
Network Members’
Statement, 23 January
2012

Global Tibet Movement Condemns China’s Escalating
Crackdown after Tibetans shot and beaten in Ngaba, Tibet

Vows to Intensify Efforts for Multilateral Pressure on China as
Tibetans continue to Self-immolate for Freedom
The 185 Tibet advocacy organizations that form the International
Tibet Network (1) strongly condemn China’s policies and continued
crackdown in Tibet that have provoked an unprecedented wave of
self-immolations by Tibetan monks, nuns and laypeople. Each
individual who has carried out the act of self-immolation has
demanded freedom for Tibet and the return of the Dalai Lama. We
vow to intensify our efforts in support of Tibetans inside Tibet and call
on world governments, international institutions, and the global
community to pressure China to address Tibetan grievances before
more lives are lost.

On Saturday, 14 January, Chinese police escalated their attacks
against Tibetans in Ngaba, eastern Tibet severely injuring two
through beatings, and shooting at least two others. Tibetans became
distressed and angry after witnessing Chinese police beating Lobsang
Jamyang who had lit himself on fire, and they began to protest. Police
then beat the Tibetans and opened fire on others in the crowd after
they tried to reclaim the dying man. There have been unconfirmed
reports that a woman was killed and sources in Ngaba have reported
that those injured are not seeking medical help for fear of arrest (2).

To date there have been 17 self-immolations in eastern Tibet (3);
four since 6 January 2012. At least 12 of these self-immolations have
been fatal. [NEW TEXT] One of these, 42-year old respected monk
Lama Sopa who set light to himself and died on 8 January, left behind
a tape-recording in which he paid his respects to those who had self-
immolated before him. He said, “Tibet´s future as a glorious country
depends on the efforts of these heroes and heroines and all of you
united as one”. He offered his life for the “well-being of Tibet´s six
million people and especially of all high lamas, headed by His Holiness
the Dalai Lama” (4).

At least two other Tibetans have been killed as a result of China´s
security response (4). There have been numerous detentions and
arrests in connection to the self-immolations. In Ngaba, three monks
were charged in connection to the March 2011 self-immolation of a
fellow monk from Kirti monastery, and received prison sentences of
between 10 and 13 years (5).

The self-immolations have so far been centered in eastern Tibet (6),
areas that since demonstrations occurred across the Tibetan plateau
in 2008 have been flooded with armed troops and virtually closed off
from the world. Many monasteries have been all but shut down and
Tibetans are routinely harassed by the authorities in the streets, in
their workplaces and in their homes. The region has also seen a surge
in other forms of protest.

The scale of this crisis and China’s unwillingness to acknowledge
international concern warrants a strong international response. The
worldwide membership of the International Tibet Network condemns
China´s flagrant disregard for fundamental human rights and its cruel
and systematic assault on the Tibetan people.

We urge all governments to:
i. publicly condemn China´s use of force against unarmed Tibetan
protestors, and
ii. urge China to cease all extralegal actions and policies that are
contributing to the tensions, unrest and self-immolations in Tibet, and to
respond positively to the calls of Tibetans for freedom and the return of the
Dalai Lama.

We further urge governments to vigorously pursue actions in appropriate
international forums that will focus the attention of the government of the
People´s Republic of China on the severity of the situation in Tibet and on
the legitimate concern of the international community that Tibetans enjoy
the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international covenants to which China is a party.. .

4. See report by Radio Free Asia to whom the tape was sent.

5. Two elderly Tibetans died after being beaten by security personnel as
they tried to prevent over 300 monks in Kirti Monastery, Ngaba, from being
taken away in April 2011. There are unconfirmed reports that a woman died
as a result of police action in Ngaba on 14 January 2012 – a woman named
Choki Dawa is said to be in a critical condition (see 2). In April 2011 the
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy reported that a 24-year
old Tibetan man, Chukpel, had died of his injuries after being beaten
severely by police after he protested outside a local police station in the
Ngaba area.

6. The three monks were sentenced in August 2011 . One of those was the
uncle of the monk Phuntsok who self-immolated and died in March 2011.
There is no evidence they had any involvement in Phuntsok´s death.

6. All the self-immolations to date have taken place in the Tibetan regions
of Amdo and Kham, which are today part of China’s Sichuan and Qinghai
Provinces and extend into the Tibet Autonomous Region. See map on
http://standupfortibet.org/further-information/ ..
One of these, 42-year old respected monk Lama Sopa who set light to
himself and died on 8 January, left behind a tape-recording in which he
paid his respects to those who had self- immolated before him. He said,
“Tibet´s future as a glorious country depends on the efforts of these heroes
and heroines and all of you united as one”. He offered his life for the “well-
being of Tibet´s six million people and especially of all high lamas, headed
by His Holiness the Dalai Lama” (4).

At least two other Tibetans have been killed as a result of China´s security
response (4). There have been numerous detentions and arrests in
connection to the self-immolations. In Ngaba, three monks were charged in
connection to the March 2011 self-immolation of a fellow monk from Kirti
monastery, and received prison sentences of between 10 and 13 years (5).

The self-immolations have so far been centered in eastern Tibet (6), areas
that since demonstrations occurred across the Tibetan plateau in 2008 have
been flooded with armed troops and virtually closed off from the world.
Many monasteries have been all but shut down and Tibetans are routinely
harassed by the authorities in the streets, in their workplaces and in their
homes. The region has also seen a surge in other forms of protest.

The scale of this crisis and China’s unwillingness to acknowledge
international concern warrants a strong international response. The
worldwide membership of the International Tibet Network condemns
China´s flagrant disregard for fundamental human rights and its cruel and
systematic assault on the Tibetan people.

We urge all governments to:
i. publicly condemn China´s use of force against unarmed Tibetan
protestors, and
ii. urge China to cease all extralegal actions and policies that are
contributing to the tensions, unrest and self-immolations in Tibet, and to
respond positively to the calls of Tibetans for freedom and the return of the
Dalai Lama.

We further urge governments to vigorously pursue actions in appropriate
international forums that will focus the attention of the government of the
People´s Republic of China on the severity of the situation in Tibet and on
the legitimate concern of the international community that Tibetans enjoy
the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international covenants to which China is a party.. .

4. See report by Radio Free Asia to whom the tape was sent.

5. Two elderly Tibetans died after being beaten by security personnel as
they tried to prevent over 300 monks in Kirti Monastery, Ngaba, from being
taken away in April 2011. There are unconfirmed reports that a woman died
as a result of police action in Ngaba on 14 January 2012 – a woman named
Choki Dawa is said to be in a critical condition (see 2). In April 2011 the
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy reported that a 24-year
old Tibetan man, Chukpel, had died of his injuries after being