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A Tibetan Writer-Photographer Sentenced HUMAN RIGHTS update is a monthly newsletter of the Reg. no: HP/DMA/105/2008-2010 Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. www.tchrd.org NOVEMBER 2009 TIBETAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY VOLUME 3 ISSUE 3 A Tibetan writer-photographer CONTENT sentenced -A Tibetan writer-photographer sentenced Kunga Tsayang, a Tibetan writer- a Tibetan human rights watchdog (pg 1 ) photographer arrested on 17 March had cited a sentencing of Kunchok -Tonkhor shooting survivor reaches exile 2009 has been sentenced last week to Tsephel, a Tibetan official and with harrowing tale( pg 4) five years in prison on charges of founder of Tibetan literary website -Testimony of Tongkhor Dorjee Rinchen (pg disclosing state secrets, according to Chomei (Tib: butter Lamp), to 15 5) -The list of 14 death Tibetan prosters (pg 6 -List of arrestees (pg 7) -Tibetan New Year Boy cott (pg 7) -Farming boycott movement (pg 7) -Reasons for my coming into exile (pg 7) Kunga Tsayang information received by the Tibetan year’s in jail on charge of disclosing Centre for Human Rights and state secret by the same court on 12 Democracy (TCHRD). He was November 2009. arrested on alleged charges of posting Kunga Tsayang, a monk of Amdo political essays on Tibet on a website Labrang Tashikyil Monastery, who name as “Jottings” (Tib: Zin-dris) in wrote under a pen name “sun of Gansu Province. snowland” (Tib: Gang-Nyi) was an According to source, in a closed door amateur photographer, a passionate trial on 12 November 2009, Kunga writer, essayist, chronicler of the new Tsayang was sentenced to 5 years in Tibetan generation. He hailed from prison by the Kanlho Intermediate Chigdril County, Golog “Tibetan People’s Court in Gannan “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” (“TAP”), Autonomous Prefecture” (‘TAP’) Qinghai Province. Gansu Province. An earlier report by TIBETAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY An avid traveler, Kunga had He was under the close watch of the of action or campaign. However, if traveled widely in Tibet and Chinese authorities in Labrang one’s ways of spreading information photographed the environmental County, Gansu province following crosses the standard norms then that campaign is bound to become a meaningless stammer of a drunken man. This year the peaceful Tibetan protesters were infiltrated and were misled to a wrong path. The China Television, Lhasa TV and others, while ignoring the truth, have excessively branded all Tibetans as separatists. This has caused an incurable communal injury between the Chinese brothers and sisters, and Tibetans leading to Chinese disliking the Tibetans and Tibetans holding animosity towards the Chinese. I, as a person, am forced to accept the fact that this was the biggest factor caused split among the nationalities. Kunga Tsayang’s book, entitled “An Appeal” Tibetans are driven to a desperate degradation taking place on the major protests that gripped the region position because of them being Tibetan plateau and its impact on last year. Unfortunately, on the fateful accused of doing things, which they the people. His travelogues dealt on day of 17 March 2009, he was arrested never did, and small incidents were the special characteristic features of during a midnight raid at his living exaggerated and paraded before the Tibetan topographical landscapes, room. His family and close associates world. Even Tibetans who worked for culture, customs, habits and had no idea where he was detained the party for over two to three decades religious heritage. Kunga Tsayang since his arrest in March this year until were accused and the Chinese news had also worked at Nyenpo Yutsae he was brought to the court hearing media, the experts that they are in Kyekham environmental last week. fabricating lies, went to schools and protection group. He is the author TCHRD expresses its serious concern universities where there are only a of several brave and compelling over the secretive and closed nature of handful of Tibetan students to accuse essays on Tibet including, “Who Is trial under which Kunga Tsayang and them and to witch hunt them. Such the Real Splittist?” “Who Is the Real Kunchok Tsephel were tried and excessive misinformation and Disturber of Stability?” and “Who sentenced. TCHRD urges the Chinese wrongful acts have caused a huge Is The Real Instigator of Protests?” government to honour the chasm and disturbance in the minds The Chinese authorities over the fundamental human rights of the of Tibetan officials and students who years have targeted, detained and Tibetan people. have absolute love for Chinese sentenced Tibetan writers, bloggers brothers and sisters and liking for the and publishers who did not engage One of the essay written by Kunga Communist Party of China. This has in overt protest activity, but who Tsayang has been published by left a feeling of ‘racial hatred’ in their sought to explore and express Tibetwrites.org on its website: minds. This is the negative Tibetan views on issues that affect consequence of their incompetent Tibetan people’s rights, culture, WHO ARE THE REAL reporting. religion and Tibet’s fragile SEPARATISTS? Under these circumstances our environment. Information dissemination is the most freedom of movements are restricted important tool in carrying out any kind by roadblocks, checkpoints and ever- 2 HUMAN RIGHTS update • NOVEMBER 2009 TIBETAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY present military personals with guns plundering and ransacking of properties busy trying to please their bosses in the pointed at us. I must strongly assert and shops, their expertise in suppressing higher levels. that confiscating the photographs of dissents and their lawless marauding Why is the Communist Party of our beloved leader His Holiness the style. I state this based on facts and the China silent like a man with one eye Dalai Lama, by burning them, and actual events as it happened in Ngaba closed and ears gone deaf in face of such stamping them under the soldiers’ boots regions of Amdo and Kanlho regions unlimited actions carried out to harm are the real causes of splitting the [in Eastern Tibet.] If these things the unity of the nation and stability of people. Detention of Tibetans for happened because of a few military the country? Lamas may make possessing His Holiness the Dalai officers and officials in local mistakes, leaders may make mistakes Lama’s photographs, disparaging them administration, then I can strongly say and the government too can make for mistakes. But the time has come for those people responsible for causing harms and disunity be paraded before the public and be made answerable for their mistakes. If this can be done, we will still have some faith in improving our relationship with other nationalities and to build a harmonious society. An image is built in the minds of both the Chinese people and Tibetan brothers and sisters of the other side as someone who is to be scared of and to have hatred towards each other. We ask: Why must they beat and torture our brothers and sisters this way? And by lying and fabricating wrong views, we have come to a state where even a Tibetan truck driver is scorned. The general impression being created is that of Tibetans as people who are not even worth to look at. Who is real separatist? When we talk in more general putting His Holiness’ pictures on their that you are the real agents splitting the terms, Tibetan and Chinese people have altars are the real causes of split amongst nationalities. a long tradition of helping each other the nationalities. Unless you [the Moreover, people at the local Public and have deep mutual respect and Chinese Government] are able to break Security Bureaus, military and regional admiration. However, the portrayal of our love and respect in our hearts, all Communist Party cadres piled a large Tibetans in Chinese official media this your fruitless campaigns and activities amount of fabricated, negative year has left an image of Tibetans as will only strengthen our unity and love information and petitions in front of enemies. Has this become a factor that for one Tibetan brother to another. the Central Government in order to would improve harmony or has it I have always believed that soldiers obtain huge sums of money to fund become a cause for its destruction? This are heroes protecting national security, their so-called victories against protests is an issue that the leaders must think building harmony amongst people and and to continue their suppressive about; this is an issue that is worth helping economic developments. actions. How are these actions not thinking about because the harmony However, this year all these proved meant to split the nationalities? A series of the nation will be build on this wrong because of their biased actions, of large-scale policy mistakes were foundation by taking positives actions killing of innocent people, their made because the local level cadres were on it. This is something that is never too late to pursue. HUMAN RIGHTS update • NOVEMBER 2009 3 TIBETAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY Tongkor shooting survivor reaches exile with a harrowing tale Dorjee Rinchen, 18, a monk survivor trucks arrived at Zithang Township, skipping the deaths, arrests and from last year’s Tongkor Monastery where Tongkor Monastery is located. injuries inflicted on Tibetans. One shooting incident recently came into Chinese security forces along with of the survivors, an eye-witness of exile, testified to the Tibetan Centre “patriotic education” work team the Tongkor massacre who for Human Rights and Democracy raided residences of monks, previously sustained and now (TCHRD) about his harrowing near vandalized the photos of the Dalai recovered from a severe gunshot death experience when a huge Lama, Tongkor Shabdrung Rinpoche injury had recently arrived at contingent of Chinese security forces and Panchen Lama.
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