Ce samedi 7 Juillet 2012; un jeune Tibétain de 22 ans, identifié aujourd'hui sous le nom de Tsewang Dorjee
Phayul[Friday, July 13, 2012 20:40]
By Tendar Tsering

DHARAMSHALA, July 13: The exile Tibetan leadership warned China that the ongoing wave of self-immolations inside Tibet will not abate unless Beijing ends its repressive policies inside Tibet and addressed the genuine grievances of the Tibetan people .

“Leaders in Beijing must understand that self-immolations will not stop unless China ends its repressive policies inside Tibet,” acting Kalon Tripa Dr Tsering Wangchuk said today.

The Tibetan Health Minister was speaking at a mass prayer session held in honour of Tsewang Dorjee, a 22-year-old nomad, who set himself on fire on July 7 in the main market of Damshung, about 160 kms from capital Lhasa, in an apparent protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet.

The Central Tibetan Administration earlier said that Tsewang Dorjee shouted slogans for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama before Chinese security forces put out the flame and bundled him away.

Tsewang Dorjee passed away after suffering 90 percent burn, CTA said in a release.

“We mourn for the loss of lives of Tsewang Dorjee and Dhargey, 25, who set himself on fire in a twin self-immolation protest in Lhasa on May 27,” Kalon Wangchuk said. “We pray for the departed souls and pay our condolences to their family members.”

The prayer service, organised by the Department of Religion and Culture, CTA was led by H.E. Kirti Rinpoche. Members of the Tibetan administration along with hundreds of Tibetans and foreigners attended the mass service at the Tsug-la Khang, the main temple.

The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, following Tsewang Dorjee’s self-immolation protest, said that the entire Damshung region is reeling under a heavy security lockdown and people who witnessed the self-immolation protest have been arrested.

“The Chinese authorities in the region have arrested all the people who witnessed Tsewang Dorjee’s self-immolation protest and have passed strict orders barring anyone from speaking about the protest,” the Tibetan Parliament said.

Since 2009, 43 Tibetans set themselves on fire demanding freedom in Tibet and return of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama from exile.

With Tsewang Dorjee’s death, 34 Tibetans have now passed away in their self-immolation protests. Six Tibetans have sustained serious injuries and are reportedly in critical conditions while the well-being and whereabouts of four Tibetan self-immolators still remain unknown.

Phayul[Friday, July 13, 2012 20:40]
By Tendar Tsering

DHARAMSHALA, July 13: The exile Tibetan leadership warned China that the ongoing wave of self-immolations inside Tibet will not abate unless Beijing ends its repressive policies inside Tibet and addressed the genuine grievances of the Tibetan people .

“Leaders in Beijing must understand that self-immolations will not stop unless China ends its repressive policies inside Tibet,” acting Kalon Tripa Dr Tsering Wangchuk said today.

The Tibetan Health Minister was speaking at a mass prayer session held in honour of Tsewang Dorjee, a 22-year-old nomad, who set himself on fire on July 7 in the main market of Damshung, about 160 kms from capital Lhasa, in an apparent protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet.

The Central Tibetan Administration earlier said that Tsewang Dorjee shouted slogans for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama before Chinese security forces put out the flame and bundled him away.

Tsewang Dorjee passed away after suffering 90 percent burn, CTA said in a release.

“We mourn for the loss of lives of Tsewang Dorjee and Dhargey, 25, who set himself on fire in a twin self-immolation protest in Lhasa on May 27,” Kalon Wangchuk said. “We pray for the departed souls and pay our condolences to their family members.”

The prayer service, organised by the Department of Religion and Culture, CTA was led by H.E. Kirti Rinpoche. Members of the Tibetan administration along with hundreds of Tibetans and foreigners attended the mass service at the Tsug-la Khang, the main temple.

The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, following Tsewang Dorjee’s self-immolation protest, said that the entire Damshung region is reeling under a heavy security lockdown and people who witnessed the self-immolation protest have been arrested.

“The Chinese authorities in the region have arrested all the people who witnessed Tsewang Dorjee’s self-immolation protest and have passed strict orders barring anyone from speaking about the protest,” the Tibetan Parliament said.

Since 2009, 43 Tibetans set themselves on fire demanding freedom in Tibet and return of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama from exile.

With Tsewang Dorjee’s death, 34 Tibetans have now passed away in their self-immolation protests. Six Tibetans have sustained serious injuries and are reportedly in critical conditions while the well-being and whereabouts of four Tibetan self-immolators still remain unknown.
s'est immolé par le feu sur la place centrale de la commune de Damshung. Nomade, il scanda des slogans contre le pouvoir chinois et pour le retour du Dalaï Lama pendant trois minutes avant que les services de police cherchèrent à éteindre les flammes et l'emmenèrent à l'hôpital de Damshung puis de Lhassa. Il est décédé dans la nuit du 7 au 8 juillet.
Une forte présence sécuritaire chinoise occupe Damshung, le point de rencontre des nomades qui ont subi ,dans cette région, une politique hostile cherchant à les sédentariser et les appauvrir : diminution des cheptels et limitation des pâturages.
Le Parlement Tibétain a annoncé que les témoins de la scène ont été arrêtés et la ville est actuellement coupée du reste du monde : lignes téléphoniques coupées et mise en place d'un cordon militaire.

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* Dans la première information c'est le nom de Tsewang qui avait été indiqué TCHRD a rectifié : Il s'agitbien de Tseten Dorjee

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Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
11 July 2012, Dharamsala (India)


Tibetan Dies of Self-immolation in Damshung

A Tibetan man who set himself on fire on 7 July 2012 in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) has reportedly died.

The 22 year-old Tibetan man was identified as Tseten Dorjee, from Damshung (Chinese: Dangxiong) County in Lhasa Municipality, TAR. Several media reports said Tseten Dorjee died later that night.

Tseten Dorjee reportedly self-immolated in the centre of Damshung County. Tsetan Dorjee walked some distance and called for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, according to sources quoted by the media. Within minutes security personnel arrived at the site and took a severely burnt Tseten Dorjee to hospital.

Reports also say that the area is under heavy lockdown following the self-immolation. Details cannot be confirmed at this time of reporting as phone lines to the area are cut-off. Even people in nearby areas like Lhasa are unable to contact others in Damshung County, days after Tseten’s self-immolation.

Tseten Dorjee is survived by his aged mother.

Tseten Dorjee became the fourth Tibetan to self-immolate in TAR. Thirty Tibetans have self-immolated this year, within a span of seven months. Since 2009, 43 Tibetans have set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet.

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Drastic security drive in Lhasa could deepen tension, says rights group
Phayul[Thursday, June 21, 2012 18:56]

Chinese security officials stopping and investigating Tibetans in the streets of Lhasa. (Photo/woeser.middle-way.net)
DHARAMSHALA, June 21: Lhasa, the ancient capital city of Tibet is reeling under a “drastic” security drive with Tibetans being expelled from the city, a global rights group has said.

New York based Human Rights Watch in a release Wednesday noted that China’s “extreme measures” adopted in response to the May 27 self-immolation protests by two young Tibetans, Dorjee Tseten and Dargye, could further “deepen” tensions in the region.

“Tibetans in Lhasa are being arbitrarily expelled from the city as part of a drastic security drive,” the global watchdog said. “Lhasa authorities should explain these extreme measures and be aware that additional arbitrary restrictions are likely to deepen tensions.”

The group further charged China of pursuing “discriminatory” policies and violating the basic rights of the Tibetan people.

“This arbitrary expulsion of people because of their ethnicity or place of birth is clearly discriminatory and violates their basic rights to freedom of movement and residence,” HRW said.

On May 27, the ongoing wave of self-immolations in Tibet reached Lhasa with Dorjee Tseten, 19 and Dargye, 25, setting themselves ablaze in front of the Jokhang temple, one of Tibet’s holiest shrines. While Dorjee Tseten has been confirmed dead, there is no information on the well-being and whereabouts of Dargye.

In earlier reports received by Phayul, following the self-immolations, hundreds of Tibetans who were in the vicinity of the protest were rounded up and their mobile phones and cameras were confiscated.

Ven. Ngawang Woebar, the former head of the Tibetan political prisoners’ association, Gu-Chu-Sum, told Phayul that Tibetans from eastern Tibet, even those who have lived in Lhasa for many years with permanent residence and businesses, are being forcibly expelled.

Ven. Woebar added that Tibetans from central Tibet, who are not residents of Lhasa, are also being searched and asked to produce five different kinds of official papers, failing which they too are being sent back to their native villages and towns.

“It is not only the Tibetans from eastern Tibet who are being expelled from Lhasa but also Tibetans from around the capital region, if they are unable to meet the demands of Chinese authorities, are being thrown out of the city,” Ven. Woebar said. “Tibetans who are from places outside Lhasa have to produce five papers issued by Chinese government authorities in their native villages and towns and by officials in Lhasa to legalise their stay in the capital city.”

Woeser, the Beijing based Tibetan writer, in one of her recent posts quoted a Chinese tourist as saying that the security measures in Lhasa are “discriminatory” in nature.

“Lhasa is full of security check points and they check only Tibetans, not Chinese. That is discriminatory in nature,” the award-winning Tibetan blogger last week quoted one of her Chinese associates as saying.

Since the May 27 Lhasa self-immolation protests, four more Tibetans have set their bodies on fire demanding the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from exile and freedom in Tibet.

It has also been learned that Lodey, Dargye’s father recently travelled to Lhasa to find out his son’s condition but was turned back without any information.

“Lodey was not even able to confirm whether his son was still in Lhasa, much less find out anything about his condition,” the exile base of Kirti monastery in Dharamshala said in release this week.