Friday, February 8, 2013

Week Ending February 8, 2013

International Tibet Network News Digest & Analysis: 8 February 2013

Self-Immolations, Protests, and Restrictions in Tibet

Anti self-immolation propaganda now part of China’s ‘patriotic education’ campaign  - TCHRD8 February | A new propaganda booklet entitled “Cherish Life, Abide by Law” lists the legal consequences of inciting, instigating, or abetting self-immolation.
http://www.tchrd.org/2013/02/anti-self-immolation-propaganda-now-part-of-chinas-patriotic-education-campaign/

Six Tibetans in Gansu sentenced after protecting body of self-immolator in aggressive drive to criminalize self-immolations  - ICT7 February | International Campaign for Tibet’s updated report on 6 Tibetans’ sentences.
http://savetibet.org/media-center/ict-news-reports/six-tibetans-sentenced-intentional-homicide-official-drive-criminalize-self-immolations-

China cracks down on Tibet protests - The Guardian8 February | Chinese authorities have turned on friends and families of Tibetans who self-immolate, detaining them on criminal grounds.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/08/china-cracks-down-tibet-protests

Battling self-immolations, China makes more arrests - New York Times7 February |
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/world/asia/china-makes-arrests-in-crackdown-on-immolations.html?src=rechp&_r=0

China intensifies crackdown on Tibetan burnings, detains 70 - Reuters7 February | In the largest single sweep yet, authorities have detained 70 people in relation to the self-immolation protests by Tibetans. Lu Benquian blames ‘the Dalai Lama clique’.
http://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/idUKBRE9160CK20130207?irpc=932

Chinese documentary alleges US broadcaster incites Tibetan self-immolations - NBC8 February | A Chinese state media documentary targets Voice of America programs.
http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/07/16878280-chinese-documentary-alleges-us-broadcaster-incites-tibetan-self-immolations

Related
Self-immolations in Ganan and the Tibetan independence activists outside China - CNTV6 February | Chinese state media CCTV documentary about self-immolations in Kanhlo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in English.
VOA Denies Chinese Allegations on Tibetan Self-Immolations - VOA6 February | VOA responds to allegations that their programs encourage self-immolation.
http://www.voanews.com/content/voa-denies-chinese-allegations-on-tibetan-self-immolations/1598729.html

Painful death for Tibetan man injured in police violence - TCHRD5 February | Gyerig Thar (35) succumed to his injuries after 8 months. He participated in a protest in March 2012 and suffered head injuries due to police violence at the protest site.
http://www.tchrd.org/2013/02/painful-death-for-tibetan-man-injured-in-police-violence/

Other News

As Self-Immolations Near 100, Tibetans Question the Effect - New York Times2 February | Tibetans came to India’s capital last week, for the Tibetan People’s Solidarity Campaign, the four-day gathering featured protests, marches, Buddhist prayer sessions and political speeches in an attempt to push Tibet back onto a crowded international agenda.
http://www.voanews.com/content/voa-denies-chinese-allegations-on-tibetan-self-immolations/1598729.html

On Tibetan New Year, Quiet Prayer Likely to Replace Celebration - Tea Leaf Nation7 February | Ongoing tensions and increased restrictions affect the celebration of the Tibetan new year holidays, Losar.
http://www.tealeafnation.com/2013/02/on-tibetan-new-year-quiet-prayer-likely-to-replace-celebration/

Opinion & Analysis

Discussions in the vast space between “Should” and “Should Not” - ICT5 February | High Peaks Pure Earth has posted a dialogue between an unnamed Tibetan living outside Tibet, and Wang Lixiong, a Chinese writer and activist.
http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/tibet-news/discussions-vast-space-between-should-and-should-not-woeser

Labrang monk Jayang Jinpa reflects on his daring 2008 protest - TCHRD4 February | A monk now living in exile details his involvement in protests in 2008.
http://www.tchrd.org/2013/02/feature-labrang-monk-jayang-jinpa-reflects-on-his-daring-2008-protest/

China: Stop Sentencing Tibetans for “Inciting” Self-Immolations - HRW1 February | Human Rights Watch addresses the recent criminalisation of self-immolation.
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/02/01/china-stop-sentencing-tibetans-inciting-immolations