Unprecedented security operation in Lhasa targets Tibetans in protest areas
Original news here: Arbitrary expulsions of Tibetans increase in Lhasa
NuevaYork. 20 of June 2012 – Several hundred Tibetans from the eastern Tibetan Plateau living in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region (RAT), have been arbitrarily expelled from the city as part of a drastic security operation, Human Rights Watch noted today. The measure appears to have been taken in response to an incident of the 27 May 2012, in which two Tibetan protesters from eastern Tibet set themselves on fire in front of the famous Jokhang temple in Lhasa.
Since the Jokhang incident, Security forces in Lhasa have increased identity verification measures on city streets. Tibetans from areas where recent protests have taken place, in eastern Tibet, have been forced to leave not only the capital, but also the RAT. There is no knowledge that those expelled have been accused of any crime, and there are no reports to date of people expelled who were not Tibetan.
"Esta expulsión arbitraria de personas por su origen étnico o lugar de nacimiento es claramente discriminatoria y viola sus derechos fundamentales a la libertad de circulación y de residencia", said Sophie Richardson., China director of Human Rights Watch. "Las autoridades de Lhasa deben explicar estas medidas extremas y estar conscientes de que si continúan las restricciones arbitrarias es probable que aumenten las tensiones en la región".
Social media and eyewitness reports shared with Human Rights Watch indicate that Chinese authorities have now imposed a series of restrictions on movement in and around Lhasa., which include both expulsions and the prohibition of public gatherings of more than three people in the city. This has led to the cancellation of daily group activities, such as the physical exercises that were normally carried out in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, according to a source in Tibet with direct knowledge of the events.
Human Rights Watch said the expulsions are unprecedented because they include Tibetans who have legitimate permits to live and work in Lhasa and who have been operating their businesses there for years.. From 2008, other expulsion campaigns around sensitive dates have focused only on those who do not have permission to stay in Lhasa. Among those subject to these expulsions are Tibetans with valid temporary residence permits. (zanzhuzhengin in Chinese; gnas sdod lag khyerin in Tibetan) to stay in the city.
Those expelled have not been charged with any crime, They are not believed to have a history of political activity., and have no known connection to the protesters who participated in the recent immolations, apart from being born in eastern Tibet.
He 30 May 2012, Hao Peng, a party undersecretary in RAT, instructed all officials in the region to, debido a que "la actividad de sabotaje de la camarilla del Dalai Lama nunca ha cesado" deben "reforzar especialmente el control de áreas clave, [ and ] Strengthen service management of key personnel, incluyendo la población flotante", a term sometimes used to refer to temporary residents and immigrants from other provinces or areas of the Tibetan Plateau.
The operation to expel people from Lhasa has focused, in particular, on Tibetans in areas where there have been recent riots, in particular, Aba (NgabaI in Tibetan), in Sichuan Province, where at least 26 People have set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule since March 2011, and Labrang, a Tibetan area in Gansu province, which was the birthplace of one of the Tibetans who committed self-immolation in Lhasa on 27 May 2012. Some reports suggest that Tibetans in Yunnan province, where there have been no political protests, are not among those being expelled from Lhasa.
In June 2012, a source in Lhasa told Human Rights Watch: "Después de que los dos amdowans [Tibetans of northeastern Tibet] They self-immolated in Lhasa in May, Lhasa began to expel all the Amdowans. It didn't matter whether these Amdowans had lived in Lhasa for years or were doing business in this place., none of them could stay in Lhasa, except those who had a letter of guarantee from the Public Security Office at their address of origin and one from their county government. Sus casas son registradas todos los días por la policía y muchas personas ya han sido expulsadas". Tibetan exile organizations in India and US-based Tibetan-language radio stations have reported that several people in Lhasa associated with the two men who self-immolated on 27 May 2012 have been detained.
Two more Tibetans, both from eastern Tibet, have self-immolated since the protest 27 May in Lhasa. One of them was a woman in her thirties from Rangtang County. (Dzamthang in Tibetan) in Aba prefecture, Sichuan, who died on 30 of May, and the other was a man who is believed to have been about fifty years old and who died on 12 June in Jianzha County (Chentsa in Tibetan) Huangnan Prefecture (Mallet in Tibetan) Qinghai.
After the large-scale riots in Lhasa in March 2008, RAT authorities have indicated that they consider non-permanent residents of the capital to be the greatest risk to social stability, since it is more difficult to monitor and control them than permanent residents.
Lhasa authorities have imposed strict security measures aimed at preventing self-immolations, un acto simbólico de desafío que socava la afirmación del gobierno de que los tibetanos están agradecidos por las políticas chinas en el Tíbet y que la situación es "estable". Members of the Popular Armed Police (PAP) have been permanently installed in the center of Lhasa, and on dates considered politically sensitive, snipers are positioned on the rooftops around the Jokhang temple. PAP agents frequently patrol carrying fire extinguishers with them, and all Tibetans arriving in the capital are subject to strict screening.
"Las autoridades de Beijing deben entender que la solución a los problemas del Tíbet no implica más tropas ni restricciones discriminatorias", Richardson said.. "Únicamente se puede encontrar en el respeto de los derechos de los tibetanos".
Since the Jokhang incident, Security forces in Lhasa have increased identity verification measures on city streets. Tibetans from areas where recent protests have taken place, in eastern Tibet, have been forced to leave not only the capital, but also the RAT. There is no knowledge that those expelled have been accused of any crime, and there are no reports to date of people expelled who were not Tibetan.
"Esta expulsión arbitraria de personas por su origen étnico o lugar de nacimiento es claramente discriminatoria y viola sus derechos fundamentales a la libertad de circulación y de residencia", said Sophie Richardson., China director of Human Rights Watch. "Las autoridades de Lhasa deben explicar estas medidas extremas y estar conscientes de que si continúan las restricciones arbitrarias es probable que aumenten las tensiones en la región".
Social media and eyewitness reports shared with Human Rights Watch indicate that Chinese authorities have now imposed a series of restrictions on movement in and around Lhasa., which include both expulsions and the prohibition of public gatherings of more than three people in the city. This has led to the cancellation of daily group activities, such as the physical exercises that were normally carried out in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, according to a source in Tibet with direct knowledge of the events.
Human Rights Watch said the expulsions are unprecedented because they include Tibetans who have legitimate permits to live and work in Lhasa and who have been operating their businesses there for years.. From 2008, other expulsion campaigns around sensitive dates have focused only on those who do not have permission to stay in Lhasa. Among those subject to these expulsions are Tibetans with valid temporary residence permits. (zanzhuzhengin in Chinese; gnas sdod lag khyerin in Tibetan) to stay in the city.
Those expelled have not been charged with any crime, They are not believed to have a history of political activity., and have no known connection to the protesters who participated in the recent immolations, apart from being born in eastern Tibet.
He 30 May 2012, Hao Peng, a party undersecretary in RAT, instructed all officials in the region to, debido a que "la actividad de sabotaje de la camarilla del Dalai Lama nunca ha cesado" deben "reforzar especialmente el control de áreas clave, [ and ] Strengthen service management of key personnel, incluyendo la población flotante", a term sometimes used to refer to temporary residents and immigrants from other provinces or areas of the Tibetan Plateau.
The operation to expel people from Lhasa has focused, in particular, on Tibetans in areas where there have been recent riots, in particular, Aba (NgabaI in Tibetan), in Sichuan Province, where at least 26 People have set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule since March 2011, and Labrang, a Tibetan area in Gansu province, which was the birthplace of one of the Tibetans who committed self-immolation in Lhasa on 27 May 2012. Some reports suggest that Tibetans in Yunnan province, where there have been no political protests, are not among those being expelled from Lhasa.
In June 2012, a source in Lhasa told Human Rights Watch: "Después de que los dos amdowans [Tibetans of northeastern Tibet] They self-immolated in Lhasa in May, Lhasa began to expel all the Amdowans. It didn't matter whether these Amdowans had lived in Lhasa for years or were doing business in this place., none of them could stay in Lhasa, except those who had a letter of guarantee from the Public Security Office at their address of origin and one from their county government. Sus casas son registradas todos los días por la policía y muchas personas ya han sido expulsadas". Tibetan exile organizations in India and US-based Tibetan-language radio stations have reported that several people in Lhasa associated with the two men who self-immolated on 27 May 2012 have been detained.
Two more Tibetans, both from eastern Tibet, have self-immolated since the protest 27 May in Lhasa. One of them was a woman in her thirties from Rangtang County. (Dzamthang in Tibetan) in Aba prefecture, Sichuan, who died on 30 of May, and the other was a man who is believed to have been about fifty years old and who died on 12 June in Jianzha County (Chentsa in Tibetan) Huangnan Prefecture (Mallet in Tibetan) Qinghai.
After the large-scale riots in Lhasa in March 2008, RAT authorities have indicated that they consider non-permanent residents of the capital to be the greatest risk to social stability, since it is more difficult to monitor and control them than permanent residents.
Lhasa authorities have imposed strict security measures aimed at preventing self-immolations, un acto simbólico de desafío que socava la afirmación del gobierno de que los tibetanos están agradecidos por las políticas chinas en el Tíbet y que la situación es "estable". Members of the Popular Armed Police (PAP) have been permanently installed in the center of Lhasa, and on dates considered politically sensitive, snipers are positioned on the rooftops around the Jokhang temple. PAP agents frequently patrol carrying fire extinguishers with them, and all Tibetans arriving in the capital are subject to strict screening.
"Las autoridades de Beijing deben entender que la solución a los problemas del Tíbet no implica más tropas ni restricciones discriminatorias", Richardson said.. "Únicamente se puede encontrar en el respeto de los derechos de los tibetanos".
