Tibetan student uprising continues with new protest in Sertha & Sichuan

Posted by Nick G on Apr 14, 2010 in General, Protests in Tibet, Reports From Tibet | 1 comment

Since March 10th this year Tibetan students have staged brave protests in schools across Tibet and China. Phayul.com is now reporting that on April 10th around 20 Tibetan students of a Tibetan school Sertha County were arrested after they staged a protest and handed out pamphlets with banned contents. The students were released the same day.

Sertha County has seen almost daily protests over the past several weeks.

Weiyuan County Vocational Technical School

Weiyuan County Vocational Technical School

More details have also surfaced about a protest by Tibetan university students in Weiyuan County Neijiang, Sichuan. On April 13th,   Tibetan students from Weiyuan County Vocational Technical School (ch: 威远县职业技术学校 ) “came together and argued with Chinese teachers and the school administration” about Tibetan history, the Dalai Lama, and the events of March 2008.

After the school refused to listen, the students staged a protest inside the school grounds, calling for the “equal treatment” of Tibetan students and even calling for “free Tibet”. Emotions seem to have risen after the protest as one Tibetan student reported that a large scuffle broke out where “many tables, windows, and chairs were broken.”

According to one source 3 Tibetan students were arrested following the scuffle which involved over 100 male and female Tibetan students. Following the protest all Tibetan students were placed under restrictions and according to one student the atmosphere is still very “harsh” dew to the security measures. According to Radio Free Asia, local Chinese officials ordered Chinese media in Sichuan not to report on the protest or subsequent scuffle. Weiyuan County Vocational Technical School is reported to have as many as 1,700 Tibetan students.

Reported Tibetan student protests in 2010:

Photos and Video of Hu Jintao Protest at Nuclear Security Summit Day

Posted by Nick G on Apr 13, 2010 in Multimedia, Protests, Video, Photos & Audio | 0 comments

Washington, D.C. ­– Tibetans and their supporters protest Chinese President Hu Jintao’s arrival to the United States. Demonstrators are calling on President Obama to press the Chinese leader on a resolution for Tibet amidst reports of new protests by Tibetans students in eastern Tibet.

Tibetans & Supporters welcome Hu Jintao to the Security summit

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Yet Another Brave Protest by Tibetan Students in Machu

Posted by Nick G on Apr 9, 2010 in Protests in Tibet, Reports From Tibet | 0 comments
Students Protest in Machu, March 2008

Students Protest in Machu, March 2008

Tibetan students from of Machu (Ch: Maqu) Tibetan Nationality Middle School staged yet another protest on April 3rd, 2010.

The students protested against the firing of the school’s headmaster and two of his Tibetan assistants from their jobs by Chinese authorities last month. The school’s headmaster Kyabchen Dedrol, and his two assistants Do Re, and Choekyong Tseten were fired by Chinese authorities following a brave pro-independence protest by students of the school towards the second week of March. Tseten was later secretly taken away by officials from the Public Security Bureau. His whereabouts are unknown.

As a result, the school students boldly approached relevant Chinese officials in the county government and submitted petitions demanding the authorities to reinstate the three sacked school heads. In the petition, the students maintained there would be further protests if their demands in the petitions were not not met by the government.

The peaceful protest last week was staged after Chinese authorities turned a deaf ear to their petition.

The Tibetan middle School reportedly comprises about 1,500 students.

“At the moment the school is completely surrounded by armed police and the students are forced to remain confined to school compound. They are also barred from meeting or making any contact with the outsiders,”

said Dolkar Kyab, a researcher and native of Machu currently living here in Dharamsala, India.

Kyabchen Dedrol, the sacked headmaster of the Machu Tibetan Nationality Middle School

Kyabchen Dedrol, sacked headmaster of Machu Nationality Middle School

Do Re, one of the two assistants of the school headmaster arrested last month

Do Re, one of the two assistants of the school headmaster

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Machu Tibetan Nationality Middle School

Authorities have deployed extra security forces in the already tense Machu town and set up checkpoints, tightening restriction on the movement of people, particularly the monks in the area.

Meanwhile, the students of the middle school have vowed to carry on with more protests until the reinstatement of the school’s headmaster and his two assistants.

Reported Tibetan student protests in 2010:

5 Tibetan teachers arrested in Ngaba after more student protests -Updated

Posted by Nick G on Apr 6, 2010 in March 10 Uprising Day, Protests in Tibet, Reports From Tibet, Tibet in the News | 1 comment
Kirti Kyab, arrested teacher

Kirti Kyab, arrested teacher

A new article on the Tibetan language news website dawakarpo.com has reported that 5 Tibetan Teachers have been arrested by Chinese police in Zoege County in Ngaba (Ch: Aba), Amdo Tibet. The arrests came after students and teachers took bold solidarity actions, mourning the victims of the 2008 protests in Tibet, on March 10th and 14th this year.

Students and teachers were said to have worn chuba’s (the Tibetan national dress) and lit butter lamps in their school campuses as an expression of solidarity for the Tibetans who died in the protests which swept the Tibetan plateau in 2008.

The arrested teachers names are Sonam, Kirti Kyab, Tamey, Choephel and Tohlha. Police also arrested 16 Tibetan students including two by the names of Sodhon and Gonpo Drakden on March 10, many remain in detention.

More information on the arrests and student protests in Ngaba can be found on Phayul.com
Student protests around the Tibetan national uprising day have been reported across Tibet this year.

Reported Tibetan student protests in 2010:

Go Daddy: “Won’t Act as agent for the Chinese Gov”

Posted by Nick G on Mar 26, 2010 in China Watch, Technology | 0 comments

go-daddy1Following Google’s historic decision to stop censoring search results in China, effectively ending the company’s business in the world’s largest Internet market, two of the largest domain registration and hosting companies in the world, Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com) and Network Solutions (www.networksolutions.com) have announced their plans to stop registering domain names in China. Go Daddy’s executive VP and general counsel Christine Jones said in a prepared statement, Jones reportedly said that Go Daddy

“made a decision we didn’t want to act as an agent for the Chinese government.”

Network Solutions announced Wednesday that it had stopped hosting new websites with the .cn China domain in December, for much the same reasons as Go Daddy.

The China Internet Network Information Center authorizes companies outside China to sell .cn domain names but in December, the organization changed its policies to require registrars to collect color head-shot photographs, detailed business information, and other details about all domain registrants.

Both companies said they would continue to support domains already registered, but had ceased to seek out new business in China.

While the decision has obvious privacy, expression, and human rights issues attached, the cost of doing the complex “fact-gathering”, now required by the Chinese government is another major consideration in the domain business.

Good job Go Daddy!