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New report reveals intensified crackdown in Tibet as Olympics opens
ICT[Tuesday, August 05, 2008 13:28]
Despite its promotion of a 'peaceful Olympics', China has intensified its crackdown on Tibet this week following the most significant uprising in nearly 50 years. The wave of mainly peaceful protests against the Chinese government that has swept across Tibet since March 10 is a result of more than half a century of Communist Party misrule, revealing the breakdown of Beijing's Tibet policy at a time when China seeks to convey an image of pre-Olympics harmony.

In order to hide its repression in Tibet, China has virtually sealed off the entire plateau - despite promising increasing openness in the buildup to the Olympics - and imposed a news blackout. A new report to be published tomorrow by the International Campaign for Tibet, 'Tibet at a Turning Point: the Spring Uprising and China's New Crackdown' provides evidence gathered at great risk of:
The 'disappearance' and detention of hundreds of Tibetans, including monks, nuns and schoolchildren, who are treated with extreme brutality in custody

Unarmed peaceful protestors who have been shot dead, and names of those who have died following torture in prison or as a result of suicide due to despair over the crackdown or being made to denounce the Dalai Lama

More than 125 protests across the Tibetan plateau - the overwhelming majority non-violent. Tibetans have risked their lives to demonstrate that the exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, represents Tibetan interests, and not the Chinese state

Sweeping new measures to purge monasteries of monks and ban worship in the wake of the protests, revealing a systematic new attack on Tibetan Buddhism led by Chinese leader Hu Jintao that is reminiscent of the excesses of the Cultural Revolution
Mary Beth Markey, Vice President for Advocacy for the International Campaign for Tibet, says: "Hu Jintao's leadership appears to have chosen no other means than force and intimidation to restore control in Tibet, and has imposed a brutal crackdown that owes more to the political extremism and paranoia of the Maoist era than to a 21st century would-be superpower. As a matter of urgency, world leaders attending the Olympics must publicly express concern in Beijing about the crackdown in Tibet and the hardline policies that led to the spring uprising."

The International Campaign for Tibet is also pressing leaders to seek from Beijing a full accounting of the more than one thousand Tibetans whose status following the spring demonstrations in Tibet is unknown.

President Hu, whose rise to power is linked to his role as former Party boss in Tibet, was involved in drafting the hardline policies that led to Tibet's spring uprising. In order to resolve the deepening crisis now, President Hu must be urged to engage directly with the Dalai Lama - recognized by the world as the pre-eminent representative of the Tibetan people - on Tibet's future.




LHASSA, 31 juillet : INTIMIDATION, condamnations arbitraires et autres ...

Des condamnations arbitraires et terribles tombent : 10, 12,17 et même 20 ans d'emprisonnement pour mpanifestations pacifiques
Update on Tibet Demonstrations, 31 July 2008
Lhasa – Some arrested protestors from Lhundup county given sentences
Some of the people, who were arrested for participating in protests on 15-16 March at Phenpo Lhundup (Ch: Lingzhi) county, were given arbitrary sentences by the concerned court of Lhasa City in mid June.

Tenzin Lhamo, a girl from Ugyen Mey village in Gaden Choekhor township, Lhundrup county, was given arbitrary sentence to 10 years of imprisonment for merely participating in a peaceful protest in Lhundrup county on 16 March. Samdup, a man from the same locality, was also sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Similarly, three others, including Kalden from Dhey village in Jangkha township, Lhundrup county, were sentenced to 20, 17 and 12 years in prison. Their details are not available.
No Specific Date
Lhundrup (Ch: Lingzhi) County, Lhasa Municipality, "TAR" – Whereabouts of two more arrestees are unknown
Lobsang Dawa, a man from Chushul (Ch: Chushui) county in Lhasa Municipality who has settled in Lhundrup county at his wife's home, was arrested in March on charge of participating in a 14 March protest in Lhasa. His younger brother Tendar, a monk from Ratoe monastery, was also arrested by Lhasa City Public Security Bureau (PSB). Their whereabouts are unknown now. Some believe Tendar has died.
Lhundrup (Ch: Lingzhi) County, Lhasa Municipality, "TAR" – Many arrested nuns from Shar Bhumpa nunnery released after charging fines
Around 53 nuns from Shar Bhumpa nunnery in Lhundrup county were arrested and detained after participating in protests staged in Lhundrup county this March. Recently, the concerned county authorities have released many of them after fining between 2000 to 5000 Yuans.
The released nuns were not allowed to rejoin the nunnery, and they were sent to their respective homes.
Around 5 arrested nuns were shifted to Lhasa and still being detained. Another nun, Lobsang Choezin, was admitted to the county hospital from prison after suffering severe beating during her arrest.
Issued by the Dept. of Information and International Relations
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The International Tibet Support Network (ITSN) is a global coalition of Tibet-related non-governmental organisations. Its purpose is to maximise the effectiveness of the worldwide Tibet movement, which is dedicated to ending human rights violations in Tibet and to working actively to restore the Tibetan people's right under international law to determine their future political, economic, social, religious and Cultural status.

ITSN pursues its goals by working to increase the capacity of individual Member Organisations, through the coordination of strategic campaigns and by increased cooperation among organizations, thereby strengthening the Tibet movement as a whole. See www.tibetnetwork.org for more information.




LHASSA : DESTRUCTION DES PREUVES ET CREMATION à GRANDE ECHELLE des corps des manifestants

LHASSA : Le huis clos permet le nettoyage mais des témoignages de l'horreur parviennent cependant à filtrer...
Nous l'avions déjà signalé : les familles ont reçu sans commentaire des sachets ou des boîtes de cendres ...
Le crématorium géant fonctionne ...
Update on Tibet, 1 May 2008 Thursday, 1 May 2

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Update for Thursday, 1 May 2008, last updated 2 pm (IST) Re: Tibet Demonstrations
1 May 2008

Toelung Dechen (Ch: Duilongdeqing) County, Lhasa Municipality-Evidences being destroyed by the Chinese army
The Chinese armed forces in their attempt to wipe out any kind of evidence related to the recent protests in Tibet are burning all the dead bodies of people who have been killed since the March 14 protest in Tibet.
On 28th March, around 83 corpses were burnt altogether in an electrical crematorium, which was built by the Chinese government a few years back in the Dhongkar Yabdha shang town in Toelung Dechen county under Lhasa Municipality.
Moreover, some eyewitness accounts confirmed that at around10.30 pm (Lhasa local time) on March 17, dead bodies of several were seen in two army trucks near a petrol pump located towards the west of Lhasa [this petrol pump has been one of the most restricted sites since the protests began in Tibet]

Due to a heavy traffic jam around this petrol pump, a few Tibetans reported having seen blood discharges from the two trucks that were carrying dead bodies. In addition to this, there are more reports of dead bodies being transported to Toelung Dechen County in army trucks.

On the evening of March 15, an eyewitness source confirmed seeing dead bodies being carried in a truck towards Toelung County.

Many Tibetans who have been injured since the starts of the protests in Tibet continue to die in People’s Hospital with no immediate medical care.

Moreover, one monk who was arrested from Drepung Monastery on 12th April also died in prison. But there are no further details explaining his death. Two more women are also reported dead immediately after their release from a prison in Lhasa.

Following is the list of four new names* we can confirm for people who have been killed since the March protests in Tibet.

S. No. NAME AGE PLACE OF RESIDENCE/BIRTH DETAILS
62 Lobsang Tenzin 24 Gongkar (Ch: Gongga) County, Lhoka Prefecture, "TAR"Resident of Lhasa Father’s Name: Phuntsok Gyaltsen(Late)Profession: TailorDied due to being shot on upper body.
63 Gyaltsen Yarphel;Lobsang Tsering (name prior to becoming monk) 43 Gaden Monastery Fathers name: Tsering Bhakdo
64 Ngawang SherabMigmar (name prior to becoming monk) 24 Gaden Monastery Fathers name: Tsering Bhakdo
Both of them are brothers and died around the March 14 protest in Tibet. No further details are available.
* In addition to the already released 61 total names and details of Tibetans killed during the recent demonstrations, here we are releasing 3 more names (with details) from the current death toll list which stands well over 140.

Lhakpa Tsering (his name already reported on the death toll list) was killed after a gun shot to his forehead by the Chinese Armed Forces on March 14 at Lugug Street. He was a resident within the premises of gate number 11 (external boundary) ; gate no 1 (internal boundary) in Lugug Street. He is survived by his 2 year old child. He worked as a tourist taxi driver in Lhasa. Although his family did receive his dead body, but the local security forces took the body with them claiming that they needed to investigate the body at the People’s Procuratorate. His body was later burnt in Toelung County. His family was just given a bag containing some ashes with his name written on it.


URGENCE : PEKIN, JO et STRATEGIE DE COMMUNICATION : Copie à revoir....TROUVER LA SOLUTION?

COMPTE A REBOURS : 4mois, ce 8 avril 2008.



Le compte à rebours : Jour J moins100

Le Dalaï Lama dès son arrivée au Japon déclare qu'il faut maintenir les Jeux.

Après 6 rencontres entre les envoyés spéciaux du Dalaï Lama et les autorités chinoises, qui se sont tenues à Pékin durant les trois dernières année, le dialogue est interrompu.
Quel médiateur? quel observateur de l'ONU? quelle Commission d'Enquête Internationale faut-il dépêcher? Comment proposer de faire reprendre ce dialogue en terrain neutre?
Quand? Il ne faut plus attendre, ni la visite du Dalaï Lama en mai à Londres..., ni celle en août à Nantes...Trop lointain..
Un véritable massacre peut avoir lieu. 70 moines ont été arrêtés hier, mercredi 8 avril.
Lhassa devait ouvrir aux touristes pour le 1er mai.Cela vient d'être annulé!
Faut-il attendre un nouveau Tien anmen à Lhassa?



...M Hu Jintao va-t-il persister dans la répression ?

"Rien ne va plus... Faites vos Jeux", pourrait-on dire, si la situation n'était aussi grave :
* grave pour les Tibétains, cibles de la rage féroce de Pékin,
* grave pour tous ceux qui en Chine ont rêvé à ces Jeux, dans l'attente d'une ouverture, d'un monde meilleur...
* grave pour le Gouvernement chinois qui semble-t-il poursuit une politique insensée pour" ne pas perdre la face", selon la formule préférée des sinologues...N'est-ce pas déjà perdu?
* grave pour le CIO qui hésite toujours... business et/ ou "valeurs de l'Olympisme".
* grave pour nos chefs d'Etat, eux aussi ballotés : boycott de la cérémonie "ira /ira pas"
* grave pour nous, Citoyens du Monde: valeurs bafouées, Liberté en danger.

Mais ...quelle proposition?

Notre pays, la France, sempiternel "Pays des Droits de l'Homme" ne pourrait-il décider de l'urgence du dialogue entre les deux responsables Chinois, Hu Jintao et Tibétain, le Dalaï Lama, en terrain neutre, rapidement, la France par exemple.
Monsieur le Président, il y a URGENCE
Monsieur le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères, il y a URGENCE "

Communiqué France-Tibet






China faces uphill task polishing image ahead of Olympics
With four months to go before the Olympic Games, host China faces a Himalayan task of polishing its image following a global outcry over its crackdown in Tibet and human rights record, experts say.
Beijing's image was seriously battered by widely publicized raucous protests especially in London, Paris and San Francisco, disrupting the Beijing Olympic torch relay. The traditional flame had to be doused several times in the French capital.
Chinese embassies and consulates in several cities were also damaged as they became another focal point of demonstrations by pro-Tibet groups and others capitalizing on the summer Games to highlight China's rights record and support for dictatorships in such nations as Sudan and Myanmar.
Following the bad publicity ahead of the Olympics, which was supposed to be China's coming-out party, Beijing is reportedly hiring a top foreign public relations agency to advise the government on how to redeem its battered image.
Several British and US agencies were invited to interviews with Chinese officials to discuss a contract, which includes pre-games PR strategies, media training and market research on western perceptions of China, the Financial Times reported.
The new agency would take on a greater role for the Beijing Olympics public relations campaign than the existing contract between American public relations firm Hill and Knowlton and the Beijing Organising Committee, the newspaper said.

But communications experts warned it will be a great challenge for PR firms to carry out this nearly impossible mission -- especially with little time left and the prospect of dealing with a client who may not accept rapid but painful remedies.
"That's the challenge to public relations firms: do you want to take a client on who has a reputation as this country does and has human rights abuses," asked Gemma Puglisi, a crisis communications expert at American University.
"Will it damage your reputation as a firm? It is a very, very interesting situation," she said. "The issue and the challenge is, many of these countries have to understand that if they hire someone, they have to listen to them."
A "very savvy" China, Puglisi said, "knows what is at stake" with the Olympics, especially the enormous publicity and potential earnings for the rapidly-growing Asian giant.

The New York Times offered advice Wednesday on how China could burnish its own image ahead of the Olympics.

"In the spirit of the Olympic ideals, we are prepared to help China -- free of charge," the respected US daily stated in an editorial.
"Here's what you do: Stop arresting dissidents. Stop spreading lies about the Dalai Lama, and start talking to him about greater religious and cultural freedoms for Tibet. Stop being an enabler to Sudan in its genocide in Darfur.
"In other words, start delivering on the pledge you made to the International Olympic Committee to respect human rights -- which, by the way, include the freedom of expression and the freedom of assembly."
Beijing has called the Dalai Lama "a wolf in monk's clothing" and vehemently deny religious and cultural repression in Tibet, and insist its 57-year control of the remote region has benefited its devoutly Buddhist people.
Tibetan exile leaders say the recent crackdown in the Himalayan territory has left more than 150 people dead but China has denied those claims. Beijing says Tibetan "rioters" have killed 20 people.
The move to hire a PR agency to repair his country's image is seen as a signal that President Hu Jintao, who once was in charge of the remote region, is not prepared to make any immediate policy changes on Tibet or other human rights questions, some analysts said.

"The fact that they are considering hiring a firm makes them realize that so much is at stake and that they are at a critical point," said communications expert Puglisi. "It is a challenge but I believe anything is possible."

WASHINGTON (AFP)le 10 avril 2008.