29 April 2008
On 29th
April 2008 through Xinhau News Channel the Lhasa's intermediate peoples
court had announced 30 Tibetans were sentenced for their participation
in peaceful demonstration during the recent crack down in Tibet
starting from 10 March. Out of 30 Tibetans Passang, Sonam Tsering and
Tsering were sentenced for life imprisonment and Jigme, Kalsang
Bakdo, Karma Dawa, Dojor, Migmar, Ngawang Choeyang and Bakdo were given
more than fifteen years imprisonment. The rest Yargyal, Chophel Tashi,
Dorji Dhargyal, Ngawang, Kalsang Tsering, Migmar, Sonam TSering,
Kalsang Samten, Tseten, Phelsam Tashi, Lhakpa Tsering (elder), Lobsang
Tashi, Lhakpa Tsering, Tharchin, Thupten Gyatso, Tashi Gyatso, Kalsang
Dhundup, Tenzin Gyaltsen, Kalsang Nima and Yeshi were sentenced to 3 to
10 years imprisonment.
10 March 2008
On 10th March 2008 at around 11 am Lhasa time, a group of three hundred monks from Drepung Monastary marched for a peaceful demonstration in Lhasa. 
While the demonstrators were moving from the western side before reaching the Holiday home hotel a group of armed security personals tried to stop them from moving
any further, so the monks sat down on the ground peacefully and
continued with the peaceful protest against the Chinese presence in
Tibet. The words spread so fast that more
demonstrating groups started showing their resentment against the
Chinese aggressive policy over Tibetans.
For immediate release
February 24, 2008
On February 21, 2008,
more than 200 Tibetans were arrested following a clash between Tibetans
and Chinese in Rebkong in Amdo region. Chinese authorities in Rebkong
ordered to stop the Great Prayer Festival or Monlam Chenmo which is
held every year after Tibetan New Year. A Cham dance (ritual dance performed by monks) was forced to be cancelled in the aftermath of the incidents in Rebkong.
Two Elderly monks of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery committed suicide under constant harassment from the Chinese government
In an 
information
received from a reliable source, two elderly monks of Tashi Lhunpo
Monastery, Gyaltsen Tsepa Lobsang and Yangpa Lochoe committed suicide
under constant harassment from the Chinese government. It is stated
that one of the disciples of Gyaltsen Tsepa Lobsang was involved in
political activities. The Shigatse police and some heads of Tashi
Lhunpo Monastery constantly harassed and threatened them. Under the
constant harassment, he finally ended his life by hanging on September 8, 2007.
A petition drive to support Tibetan nomads launched at Mcleod square
December 4, 2007
In
order to draw attention and provide justice to the Tibetan nomad,
Rongye Adak and three others, who bravely exercised their rights of
expressions, we have launched a petition drive against the President of
China, Mr Hu Jintao and to the Ministry of Justice, Miss Wu Aiying
calling for an unconditional and immediate release of them.GuChuSum gives Workshop on Human Rights and Democracy.
Novemeber 30, 2007
GuChuSum Movement of Tibet gave its year’s first workshop on ‘Human Rights and Democracy’ to the students of Sherab Gatsel School (Transit School) on November 30, 2007.
Sentencing of four political prisoners in Lithang
Lithang, Sichuan province
Kardze Intermediate People’s Court on November 20, 2007 issued guilty verdict to four political prisoners and sentenced them to 3-10 years of imprisonment.
Rongye Adak was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment and deprivation of political rights for 4 years. He was arrested on August 1, 2007 on the charges of state subversion and disruption of law.
Adruk Lobo, nephew of Rongye Adak received the heaviest sentence. He
was given 10 years of imprisonment on the charges of “colluding with
foreign separatist force to spilt the country and distributing
political pamphlets”.
Kunkhen,
an artist was arrested on 22 August by Lithang county PSB officials for
unknown reason. He was given 9 years of imprisonment on the charges of
“carrying out spilttist activities”. Lothok was given 3 years of
imprisonment.
Till date, no one has the information about where they were taken after the court’s verdict. GuChuSum Movement of Tibet fears that they are being ill-treated and
did not receive a fair trial at all. They did nothing but use their
fundamental rights of freedom of expression and opinion. We request to
the international communities to exert pressure on the Chinese
government to do a fair trial: a trial which is structured in the
Chinese constitution.
Source:TCHRD
Political Prisoner Ngawang Pulchung Released after 18 years of Imprisonment
Ngawang Pulchung, a Drepung monk and one of the pioneers of the pro-independence demonstration on September 27, 1987 was released around October 21, 2007 from Chushul prison in Lhasa.
He was imprisoned for 18 long years and 6 months in various Chinese
prisons. He was given 19 years of imprisonment; however he was released
before the completion of his term as a gesture by the Chinese
government to the world to maintain their phony image before the 2008 Beijing Olympic event.
Clashes between Tibetan monks and Chinese Police
Drepung Monastery, located on the outskirt of Lhasa is still in tension as more than 50 trucks of Chinese police have kept surveillance on the monastery.
There was a scuffle between Tibetan monks and the Chinese police when the Drepung monks whitewashed the exterior hall of the monastery as a gesture to celebrate the Congressional
Gold Medal being awarded to His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. The award
is one of the most prestigious and highest civilian honor bestowed by
the US Congress to the Tibetan leader. The scuffle went violent and hundreds of monks were injured.
One more arrest in Lithang
Jamyang
Tenzin, born in the year 1973 to Mr. Thinley Tsering and Mrs Sonam
Dolma in Yurun Sarkor Dheba in Lithang, Sichuan County was arrested by
Chinese police on October 3, 2007.
Lithang: Amchok Bora Village
On
September 14, 2007 in Amchok Bora Village Secondary School, 7 students
were detained by the Chinese police. The students were alleged to have
written slogans calling for the return of the Dalai Lama and a free
Tibet the previous day on the walls of the village police station and
on other walls in the village.
China’s
state administration of religious affairs (SARA) on July 18, 2007,
implemented a new law on the practice of inheriting ‘Living Buddhas’ in
Tibetan Buddhism. The so-called new law Order no.5 will take effect
from September 1, 2007.
If
they had not spoken up, the pain buried deep in the heart of every
individual Tibetans would have been suffered silently and considered
‘normal’-it would not have made news. The fire of truth raged and there
is no stopping.
21 August:
Adruk Lopo, a Buddhist monk, was also imprisoned on 21st August for
supporting Adak and for instigating other to join his call for Adak’s
and all other political prisoners’ release. Lopo’s condition and
whereabouts are also not known.
Lithang Rongye Adak, a nomad arrested for speaking for justice
Lithang
Rongye Adak, father of 11 children, age 52, and a nomad from Sichuan
Province was arrested by Chinese police for giving a speech at the
annual horse racing festival on August 1, 2007. Thousands of Tibetans
were gathered from all over Kham region to witness the traditional
Tibetan festival.
Tibetans hold protest rally to mark International Day of Action for Tibet
Dharamsala:
Hundreds of Tibetans gathered in McLeod square to stage a protest rally
to mark the International Day of Action for Tibet.
A
protest led by four prominent Tibetan NGOs and TSG marched from McLeod
Ganj to Kachari (Lower Dharamsala) under the banner ‘ Bring Tibet to
the 2008 Games’. As the one-year countdown to the 2008
Olympics began today, Tibetans and Tibet Support Groups
worldwide unleashed a series of action campaigns promoting and
advocating the recognition of Team Tibet for the Olympic Games.
Tibetan People’s Movement
July 29 2007
The
Organizing Committee of the Tibetan People’s Movement held a second
public meeting at Tibetan Refugee Camp in Majnu-ka-tilla, Delhi, on July 29th 2007. Over
200 residents of Majnu-ka-tilla attended the meeting. Four
heads of the Organizing Committee addressed the public,
highlighting the significance of the upcoming 4th August event at the
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
August 4, 2007
Shifting
from one stadium to another, finally the organizing
committee managed to arrange a football ground at Kirorimal
College of Delhi University.The Ministery of External Affairs had
denied the permission to play at Nehru Stadium, the National stadium of
India and Thakraj stadium, under direct or indirect pressure from the
Chinese government.
Bring Tibet to the 2008 Beijing Olympics
In
August 2008, global attention will focus on China as Beijing will be
hosting the 2008 Olympic Games. Unlike the previous Olympics however,
the 2008 Games will be a crucial turning point for the Olympic movement
as well as for the many nations occupied by China. Most importantly,
the Games will be a major defining moment for the modern world. During
the Olympics, the Chinese government will conceal its oppressive rule
in Tibet and its human rights violations against its own people and the
people it colonizes in an attempt to gain international credibility as
a leading global power.
International
Day in Support of Victims of Torture is observed every year on 26 June.
It is the day the United Nations’ Convention against torture and other
cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment came into effect. It is the day
that we pay deep respect to those who have suffered and endured the
worst torture.
The
main purpose of this press conference is to brief the media on the
progress of the Tibetan People's Movement which is organizing a major
Tibetan campaign against the Beijing 2008 Olympics in New Delhi on the
4th August.