15. Aug 2010
Two monks arrested in Barkham county
(Phayul) Two Tibetan monks have been arrested by Chinese authorities in Barkham (Chin: Ma'erkang) county in Ngaba (Chin: Aba) prefecture, a source from Kirti monastery in India told Phayul. Sothar and Dhargay were monks from Tsodun monastery in Barkham county. The Phayul source said the two were arrested separately and the reason for their arrest remains unclear. Both the monks held positions in the administration of their monastery, according to Phayul.
15. Aug 2010
Monks protest at Lithang festival
(RFA) Two monks took to the streets of Lithang (Chin: Litang) carrying the Tibetan flag and a picture of the Dalai Lama. They circuited the town's main marketplace and shouted slogans in support of the Dalai Lama, before avoiding arrest with the help of local people. The monks' protest occurred close to the third anniversary of an incident at the town's annual horse festival during which nomads leader Rongye (Runggye) Adak grabbed a microphone from a Chinese official on stage and made a speech in support of the Dalai Lama, calling for Beijing to allow him to return to Tibet.
18. Aug 2010
Firing incident in Palyul county
(Phayul) According to Phayul three people would have been killed and 30 others severely wounded after security forces allegedly opened fire on Tibetan petitioners outside a government building in Palyul (Chin: Baiyu) county, Sichuan province. The incident occurred in a village named as Sharchu Gyashoed whose leader Tashi Sangpo had recently written to the Chinese authorities to complain about the expansion of gold mining activities in the area.
18. Aug 2010
He Guoqiang addresses conferences on Tibet's public security
(TCHRD; Xinhua) The head of the Chinese Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, He Guoqiang, has addressed a two-day meeting of Public Security Bureaus (PSB) from the TAR and other ethnic Tibetan areas in the PRC. The meeting, held in Lhasa assessed the results and experiences of "upholding public security, struggling against the current separatist movement, and identifying current challenges facing stability in Tibetan areas". During the meeting, future action plans were drawn up "to step up fight against separatists; build bodies to protect social security; increase border security; and improve communication infrastructure, uniform and skills of the public security bureaus." He Guoqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), called on local various-level governments and people in Tibet to make continuous efforts to achieve "leapfrog development and lasting stability" in the region.
19. Aug 2010
US reminds Nepal to allow free passage to Tibetan refugees
(DPA) US Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Atul Keshap expressed concern over the "violation of the gentlemen's agreement" in Nepal, the Kathmandu Post reported. The paper reported that during talks with the US envoy, Nepal's home minister Rawal reiterated "Tibetans cross the Nepal-China border and enter India without a visa. Then they come back to Nepal and champion the Tibetan cause"; "Can we allow such activities and let them demonstrate here?"
22. Aug 2010
Tibetan intellectual arrested
(TCHRD) Kalsang Tsultrim was arrested on 07 July 2010 at Dzoge (Chin: Ruo'ergai) county in Sichuan province. TCHRD reports that enquiries made by family members about the arrest yielded no results. Kalsang, better known by his pseudonym Gyitsang Takmig, has been accused of "committing political errors" and has been on the run for at least a year. He had composed and distributed 2,500 VCDs discussing Tibetan history and the current concerns of Tibetan people in Tibet. He also wrote a book about the same subject.
25. Aug 2010
Tibet Airlines plans to operate flights to Europe
(PTI) The soon-to-be launched, state-owned, Tibet Airlines, is proposing to fly directly to Europe. The new airline, which plans to expand its fleet to 50 aircraft by 2020, would link Lhasa with major European hubs. Liu Yanping, the general manager of the airline, was quoted by China Daily as saying: "We hope to have direct routes to European nations in 2015 or 2016".
26. Aug 2010
Four students arrested in Barkham county
(Phayul) According to a source in exile, four Tibetan students of a minorities learning institution were arrested in Barkham county on 17 March 2010 on charges of instigating students against the government. The four had initiated a gathering of Tibetan students to commemorate the protests of 2008. They were also accused of publishing several articles, poems and essays about the protests in their magazine Namchak ('Thunderbolt').
