From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Date: 19 Aug 92 10:48 PDT
Subject: DEMONSTRATIONSIN TIBET
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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: DEMONSTRATIONSIN TIBET

/* Written  2:12 pm  Aug 19, 1992 by gn:geonet in cdp:omct.sostortur */
Subject: DEMONSTRATIONSIN TIBET

CASE CHI/TIB 180892
At the request of Antenna International, member of our network, we
call upon you to intervene on behalf of the following situation in
China/Tibet.
Brief description of the situation:
Information received today from The Tibet Bureau has drawn our
attention to the fact that the current human rights situation in
Tibet remains very tense. More than 100 Tibetans, including monks and
nuns, have been detained as a result of the 17 demonstrations for
Tibetan independence which have taken place over the last 7 months in
Tibet.  There is grave concern about the fate of all Tibetan
political prisoners whose details and whereabouts have been concealed
as "State Secrets" by the Chinese authorities.  The following
incidents testify to this fact:
1/   Tibetan refugees arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal, have reported
that another demonstration, led by 17 monks and nuns, took place in
Lhasa on 17 July 1992.  According to the information received, four
of them were detained: DORJE, aged 24, Tsetan SAMDUP, 17, Tsering
NYIMA, 17, all monks from Gaden monastery, as well as an unidentified
nun from Tsang in central Tibet.  According to the information, "This
nun was severely beaten during the arrest".
2/   On 20 June 1992 a demonstration took place at Gyama Xiang in
Maldro Gungkar District 58 kms east of Lhasa.  Seven of the
demonstrators were immediately arrested.  Two of them Thupten YESHI
and Lhaksam DORJE are currently being detained in the district Prison
of Maldro Gungkar and both have reportedly "been severely tortured".
The fates of the other five Tibetans, Samten GYATSO, Kunchok LHODOE,
Dukdup, Sonam RINCHEN - all from Dhashag - and Sonam DORJE, from
Pana, are not known however.
3/   Over the last few years Maldro Gungkar district has often been the scene
of silent protests against the Chinese authorities.  In March this year,
three Tibetan men were detained after wall-poster appeared on 5 March 1992,
the first day of the Tibetan new year and the anniversary of major
demonstrations which took place in 1988 and 1989.  This demonstration, the
first open protest in Maldro Gungkar was said to have been provoked by
consistent Chinese declarations that "Tibet will always remain as a part of
China for as long as the skies remain".
4/   According to unconfirmed reports from the London-base Tibet
Information Network, a Tibetan monk detained following a
demonstration in 1991 was "hung from the ceiling of his cell for over
a month".  In a personal statement given to the organisation, the
monk is reported to have declared "after the demonstration those of
us who took part were put in solitary confinement".
Action requested:
Please write to the Chinese authorities in Tibet urging them to
release all political prisoners immediately if no charges can be
brought against them and to guarantee their physical and
psychological integrity at all times. In the event that charges can
be brought, demand the prisoners be brought before a fair and
impartial tribunal and that they be given access to legal counsel of
their own choice. Insist that the authorities put an end to the use
of ill-treatment and torture and that they ensure the respect for
human rights in the region at all times. Urge them to allow impartial
observer missions access to the detainees and the prisons.
Addresses:
Mr. Gyaincain Norbu Jianchazhang, Tibet Autonomous Region President,
Xizang Zizhiqu Renmin Jianchayuan, Lasashi, Xizang Zizhiqu, People's
Republic of China - Tlx : 68014 FAOLT CN or 68007 PGVMT CN.
Mr. YANG Yyoucai Jianchazhang, Regional Chief Procurator, Xizang
Zizhiqu Renmin Jianchayuan, Lasashi, Xizang Zizhiqu, People's
Republic of China -Tlx: 68014 FAOLT CN or 68007 PGVMT CN.
Mr. HU Jintao Shuji, Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
Regional Committee, Zhonggong Xizang, Zizhiqu Weiyuanhui, Lasashi,
Xizang Zizhiqu, People's Republic of China - Tlx : 68014 FAOLT CN or
68007 PGVMT CN.
18 August 1992
Please inform us of any action undertaken, (kindly mention the code
number of the appeal in any related correspondence).
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