Posted on 04/06/2008 1:22:38 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
5 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
China arrests over 2300 Tibetans in Tibet
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) learns that the Chinese authorities are stepping up the offensive arrest drive inside Tibet with renewed vigour and fervour. The latest information emanating from Tibet indicates over 2,300 Tibetans from various parts of Tibet have so far been arrested by the Chinese authorities currently detained in detention centres located in Townships, Counties and Prefectures in various administrative regions of Tibet.
According to TCHRD documentation since 10 March 2008, the Centre has documented a list of 301 Tibetans whose identities were confirmed as of today.
The official web portal www.chinatibetnews.com stated that on 3 April 2008 prominent officials of the three levels of courts of "Tibet Autonomous Region" ("TAR") convened meetings to begin the trial of Tibetan arrestees. In the meetings, it was pointed out the procuratoracy courts will have to take immediate steps to solve the cases and to hand down necessary sentences to those who will be found guilty of violating the law and order.
The China Tibet News released a figure, stated that 1000 Tibetans were arrested for their involvement on 14 March "riots" in Lhasa City. The news of arrests came in the wake of statement issued by the Lhasa City, Vice Party Secretary Wang Xiang Min where he said that the law enforcement and vigilance has been stepped up in the Lhasa and over 1000 Tibetans arrested in various detention centres across Tibet.
Meanwhile in an explicit sign of renewed vigour to quell the protests, "TAR" Public Security Bureau (PSB) Headquarters issued a wanted list of 79 Tibetans involved in recent protest on 13 different occasions since 15 March to 3 April 2008.
The Chinese authorities also stated that by 1 May 2008, the Lhasa law enforcement bodies will hand over the cases of 1000 Tibetan arrestees to all the three levels of courts in "TAR" for formal trials and convictions. In the backdrop of China's past record, TCHRD expresses its fears and doubts whether the arrestees will be subjected to free and fair trials in courts. Considering the closed nature of trials under the Chinese legal system and the absence of due legal processes, TCHRD expresses its grave concern over the fate of Tibetan arrestees whether they will be tried according to the domestic and international laws.
Ping!
My guess is, they will arrest or kill all Tibetans before the games begin.
OPINION:
Yes.
“before the games begin” you say!
Where’s Richard Gere? Where’s Hollywood? How can the Games begin?
They will also clean up Beijing. Homeless, vagrants, and other 'eye-sores' will be moved out of the city.
Residents would be encouraged to stay home, preventing them from clogging streets. The place would be sanitized.
Barbarians.
If China had its way it would arrest the world.
An unintentional translation but accurate nonetheless.
The Chinese persist in provoking and then have their excuse to arrest and imprison more Tibetans. They won't stop until every Tibetan is dead, in prison or robotically chanting the praises of the PRC.
Its very sad & I pray for the people of Tibet. Damn China for being such scummers.
I cannot believe that we are STILL going to hold the Olympics there!
After all this violence the PRC are perpetrating upon the peace loving people of Tibet, we should have pulled out MONTHS ago!
And, I still see that monk’s sandal, laying on the sidewalk, empty of a foot, full of blood.
I can’t either but then I never understood why they would be in China in the 1st place. Bird flu, diseases etc. Plus I just hate the way China treats their own people let alone the people of Tibet.
How about the way they treat the United States?
Poisioning our pet’s food
Poisioning our children’s toys
Poisioning our vitamins and food
Why our country even acknowledges them as a country is beyond me.
(Of course some of it ‘could’ be because we owe them so much money for all their poisioned goods that we have purchased and continue to purchase), that they as much as ‘own’ us, now.......
All of that is sadly too true. I don’t like China, I never did & I doubt I ever will. I try hard not to buy their goods but its hard to buy almost anything that doesn’t have some part that comes from China. Its disgusting. You know its strange that Sassy said to me during the pet poisoning & the toys problem that China is killing us without lifting a gun. An 8 yr old can see it...
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