Dozens of Tibetan Protesters Arrested in Southwestern China
Peter Terpstra
Sources in China's Sichuan province say dozens have been arrested after
protests over the detention of a Buddhist monk jailed for a series of
bombings.
China has reportedly increased security in parts of Sichuan, where protests
have been taking place since December 5. The exact number of people detained
is unclear. Estimates range from 60 to more than 150.
Members of the Tibetan community living in the area have been staging protests
and hunger strikes to ask for the retrial of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, who is
imprisoned in a monastery in the area.
Tenzin Delek was sentenced to death in 2002. His sentence was commuted to life
in prison in 2005.
Tenzin has said he was falsely accused by the Chinese government of staging
attacks because of his work with the Tibetan nomad community and efforts to
preserve Tibetan culture.
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/human-rights/Dozens-of-Tibetan-
Protesters-Arrested-in-Southwestern-China-78815667.html
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rst0wxyz
> Dozens of Tibetan Protesters Arrested in Southwestern China
Good. Maybe some of them will be executed. That will leave even less
Tibetans to protest in the future.
chatnoir
> On Dec 14, 5:44 am, Peter Terpstra <pe...@dharma.dnsdojo.org> wrote:
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> > Dozens of Tibetan Protesters Arrested in Southwestern China
>
> Good. Maybe some of them will be executed. That will leave even less
> Tibetans to protest in the future.
Still lots of Chinese for the repressive Government to shoot!
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> > Sources in China's Sichuan province say dozens have been arrested after
> > protests over the detention of a Buddhist monk jailed for a series of
> > bombings.
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> > China has reportedly increased security in parts of Sichuan, where protests
> > have been taking place since December 5. The exact number of people detained
> > is unclear. Estimates range from 60 to more than 150.
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> > Members of the Tibetan community living in the area have been staging protests
> > and hunger strikes to ask for the retrial of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, who is
> > imprisoned in a monastery in the area.
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> > Tenzin Delek was sentenced to death in 2002. His sentence was commuted to life
> > in prison in 2005.
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> > Tenzin has said he was falsely accused by the Chinese government of staging
> > attacks because of his work with the Tibetan nomad community and efforts to
> > preserve Tibetan culture.
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> >http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/human-rights/Dozens-of-Tibetan-
> > Protesters-Arrested-in-Southwestern-China-78815667.html
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Catherine Jefferson
>> Members of the Tibetan community living in the area have been staging protests
>> and hunger strikes to ask for the retrial of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, who is
>> imprisoned in a monastery in the area.
> What do you think that means, Peter? I haven't heard of imprisonment
> in a monastery before. Do you think it's a typo? Have you seen this
> reported elsewhere?
Peter's English is good, but I don't believe that it is his first
language. If he translated this article, or another non-native speaker
did, they might well have used the wrong preposition. I suspect that
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche might well be a monk from the monastery in
question, but in jail somewhere else. The other possibility, of course,
is that the Chinese authorities took over the monastery building and are
using it as a jail. :/
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Peter Terpstra
> What do you think that means, Peter? I haven't heard of imprisonment
> in a monastery before. Do you think it's a typo? Have you seen this
> reported elsewhere?
I guess its a typo, but all sources say so.
Kind Regards,
Peter