外媒报道：连日来，藏人为被关押七年的丹增德勒仁波切进行抗议

图为被构陷入狱已长达七年的丹增德勒仁波切。

外媒报道：连日来，藏人为被关押七年的丹增德勒仁波切进行抗议

自由亚洲电台：藏人为僧人进行抗议
2009年12月7日

藏人仍然为一位重要的僧人被关押进行抗议，在他被判罪的七年以后

香港电／一群不知人数多少的西藏年轻人，在中国的西南四川省被关押，他们是在举行一次抗议以请求当局释放一位因为牵连至系列爆炸案而被囚禁的佛教僧人之后，遭到逮捕的，数个藏人的消息来源说。

在12月5日被关押的西藏人人数究竟有多少，并不清楚，但一位跟目击者有联系的流亡消息来源说，可能超过一百五十人。在附近的康定、雅江、理塘的警察派出所里，记者打了好几次电话都没有人接听。

“大约六十名藏人，大部份是来自俄洛乡（Othok），他们前往雅江县城，请求释放丹增德勒仁波切，”一位流亡消息来源说，并指他的消息是来自与数个目击者的联系。

“当他们到县城时，维稳部队攻击、关押了他们。他们的摩托车被打烂，并且被丢到军事车辆里。当其他的藏人知道这个事情时，许多人都从科拉乡(Golok)与俄洛乡（Othok）赶来了，”他又说。

“中国军队设立了路障，但许多藏人翻山越岭来到该县。我的消息来源说，大约有五百位藏人，有男有女。有些人说大约160人被关押起来了。”

另外一个消息来源，住在理塘附近地方，说六十至七十位抗议者都被关在一个新盖好的拘留所里，大约距离雅江县城大约四英哩（六点五公里）之处。

现在雅江县与理塘都布满了中国的维稳部队，这个消息来源说。

理塘，是一个大型年度赛马节庆的举行地点，曾在2007年发生抗议活动，也是2008年上半年藏地发生的大型反对中国统治的起义之先声。在当时，国际声援西藏运动说，理塘抗议的牧人呼吁释放丹增德勒仁波切。

审判受到批评

丹增德勒仁波切跟一位名为洛让邓珠的亲戚一起在2002年12月被叛处死刑，他的亲戚几乎立刻就被处决了。在中国的藏人很少为了政治罪被处决。

丹增德勒仁波切，其主要寺院位于牧人为多数的红龙乡里，后被判以两年缓刑，并于2005年刑期被减轻为终身监禁。

2004年，以纽约为总部的“人权观察”组织指控中国当局迫害丹增德勒仁波切，说他的案子突显了中国境内对藏人仍然有许多严厉的限制。

“人权观察”呼吁以国际的标准来重新进行审判，并且在重新审判后立刻释放他。

联系困难
自从2008年上半年发生广泛的藏人起义后，西藏对外的直接国际联系就变得非常困难。

藏人本身甚至只要直接跟外国媒体说话，就可能会面临起诉，使得透过流亡藏人进行间接接触变成西藏新闻来源的主要渠道。

另外一个流亡消息来源，说他与目击者有联系，说一群来自科拉乡(Golok)与俄洛乡（Othok）的藏人——这两个地方都是四川省的农业地区——先前曾经到北京去请愿释放丹增德勒仁波切，但受到关押与毒打。

“当那些人被带回县城时，其他的当地藏人都赶来支持那些被打的人，”消息来源这样说。

“当藏人群起声援他们的时候，当局就传唤来大批的维稳部队并攻击藏人。目击者告诉我，县城中心他们被打的地方，都被血染红了，”他说。

“一群俄洛乡的西藏年轻人，骑着摩托车来到县城。他们也被攻击，而维稳部队把他们的摩托车以两辆卡车载走了。好几个人都被抓起来，并被装进车子里载走了，”他说。

“我被告知，许多没被关押的藏人，现在正被维稳部队包围在县城中心不远处的一个山谷里。”

原报导：自由亚洲电台藏语台之洛桑群培。藏翻英：噶玛多吉。英文编辑制作：莎拉‧杰克森-韩。http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/protest-12072009151909.html


美联社：藏人为被囚禁的僧人在中国西南部进行抗议

（加拿大电视台转播）美联社（2009年12月8日星期二北美东部时间早上六点三十分）

北京电／中国西部的一个西藏地区，发生数起抗议事件后，警卫措施已经提高。当地的藏人呼吁重审一位被中国当局以从事恐怖活动起诉的高僧。

四川省雅江县的藏人在周六与周日举行了一场绝食抗议，一位拒绝透露姓名的地方警官这么表示。他不肯说有多少人参加，也不愿说他们抗议的目的是什么，只说到了周二，这场绝食抗议已经结束。

本来因去年三月份藏人小区群起抗议中国统治后，就气氛紧绷的此地区，现在紧张的气氛再度升高。自从那时候开始，大量的维稳部队驻防于此区，并常常禁止外国记者进入。

武装警察与军队自从周六以来就驻守在雅江县的许多建筑物前面，一位在雅江超市里的妇人这么说。她只肯透露她的姓为余。

余女士说，许多维稳部队巡逻街道，还增加检查哨，监看人们来往。她又说，别人告诉她，西藏僧人与藏人在近日举行了一个抗议活动。

这些说法证实了一个住在北京的藏人所提供的细节，这位藏人说她有朋友住在雅江。这位不愿透露姓名的女士说当地的居民告诉她，有六十位到七十位藏人因为抗议被关押。地方警察不是否认就是拒绝对此事发表评论。

这位北京的女士说，抗议的藏人呼吁当局重审丹增德勒仁波切的案子。丹增德勒仁波切是一位于2002年因卷入有一个人被炸死的爆炸案而被判处死刑的西藏僧人，稍后这位僧人的刑责被减轻为终身监禁。

丹增德勒以捍卫西藏文化与宗教而著名，特别是在大量的中国移民进入传统藏人居住的四川西部之际。

这位女士说，丹增德勒的五位家人在几个星期前，曾来到北京递交一份有三万人签名或盖手印的请愿书，请求重新审判，却被迫返回四川。她又说，他们上周接着到四川成都市的法院去请求准许到狱中探望该位喇嘛，但该请愿是否受准许，却不太清楚。

藏人对于中国统治的不满，又因宗教的限制、又与占中国人口多数的汉族之民工竞争资源而更加恶化。中国政府说它已经花了数十亿改善少数民族地区的生活状况，并且尊重他们的权利。

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091208/tibet_monk
（以上中文译者：台湾悬钩子）

Tibetan Protest Over Monk2009-12-07
Tibetans still protest the jailing of a leading monk, seven years after his trial.
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, in an undated photo.
HONG KONG—An unknown number of Tibetan youths have been detained in China's southwestern Sichuan province after staging a protest to appeal for the release of a Buddhist monk jailed for alleged links to a series of bombings, several Tibetan sources said.

The exact number of Tibetans detained on Dec. 5 was unclear, but one exiled source who has been in contact with witnesses said it could exceed 150. At police stations in nearby Kangding, Nyakchukha, and Lithang, repeated phone calls rang unanswered.

"About 60 Tibetans, mostly youths from Othok, went to Nyakchukha county center and appealed for the release of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche," the exile source said, citing contact with several witnesses.

"When they reached the county center, security forces assaulted and detained them. Their motorbikes were smashed and dumped into army vehicles. When other Tibetans learned about the incident, more Tibetans arrived from the Golok and Othok areas," he added.

"The Chinese forces put up roadblocks, but many Tibetans climbed hills and moved towards the county. My sources said there are nearly 500 Tibetans, both male and female. Some said that about 160 were detained."

A map showing Nyakchukha (in Chinese: Yajiang) county in Sichuan province. RFA graphic

Another source, speaking from nearby Lithang, said that 60-70 protesters were being held at a newly built detention center located about four miles (6.5 kms) from the Nyakchukha county center.

Both Nyakchukha and Lithang are now filled with Chinese security forces, the source said.

Lithang, home to a major annual horse-racing festival, was the site of 2007 unrest that heralded a massive anti-Chinese Tibetan uprising in early 2008. At that time, the International Campaign for Tibet said protesting nomads in Lithang called for the release of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche.

Trial criticized
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was sentenced to death in December 2002 along with a relative, Lobsang Dhondup, who was executed almost immediately. Tibetans are only rarely executed in China for political crimes.

Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, based at a monastery in nomad-dominated Othok, was granted a two-year reprieve, then had his sentence commuted to life in 2005.

In 2004, New York-based Human Rights Watch accused the Chinese authorities of persecuting Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and said his case highlighted ongoing strictures placed on Tibetans in China.

Human Rights Watch called for the immediate release of Tenzin Delek pending a new trial conforming to international standards.

Contact difficult
Since a widespread Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in early 2008, direct international contact with Tibet has proven far more difficult.

Tibetans themselves can face prosecution for speaking directly with foreign media, making indirect contact through Tibetans in exile a major conduit for news about Tibet.

Another exile source, also citing contacts with witnesses, said a group of Tibetans from Golok and Othok—both Sichuan farming areas—had traveled to Beijing to petition for Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's release but were detained and beaten.

"When those who were brought back.to the county center, other local Tibetans stood up in support of those who were severely beaten," the source said.

"When the Tibetans rallied to support [them], the authorities brought in a huge security force and assaulted the Tibetans. I was told that the place near the county center where they were beaten was stained with blood," he said.

"A group of Tibetan youths from the Othok area arrived at the county center on motorbikes. They were also attacked, and the security forces took away all the motorbikes in two army trucks. Several of them were detained and loaded in vehicles," he said.

"I was told many Tibetans who could not be detained are being blocked and surrounded by security force in a valley not far from the County center."

Original reporting by Lobsang Choephel for RFA's Tibetan service. Translated from the Tibetan by Karma Dorjee. Edited and produced in English by Sarah Jackson-Han. （http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/protest-12072009151909.html ）

Tibetans protest over jailed monk in southwest China
Date: Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009 6:30 AM ET

BEIJING — Security has been stepped up in a Tibetan area in western China following several protests calling for a retrial for a revered monk jailed by Chinese authorities for independence activities.

Tibetans in Sichuan province's Yajiang county staged a hunger strike Saturday and Sunday, said a local police officer who refused to give his name. He wouldn't say how many people were involved or what they were protesting, adding Tuesday the hunger strike was already over.

The uptick in tensions occur in an area already tense since demonstrations against Chinese rule spread throughout Tibetan communities in March 2008. Ever since, large numbers of security forces have been garrisoned in the area, which has frequently been closed off to foreign journalists.

Armed police and troops have been stationed in front of many buildings in Yajiang since Saturday, said a woman at the Yajiang supermarket who only gave her surname, Yu.

Dozens of security forces patrolled the streets and checkpoints were set up to monitor people's comings and goings, Yu said, adding she was told by others that Tibetan monks and residents staged a protest in recent days.

The accounts corroborate details provided by a Beijing-based Tibetan who has friends living in Yajiang. The woman who did not want to be named said local residents told her 60 to 70 people were detained during the protests. Local police either denied or declined comment on any arrests.

The Beijing woman said the protesting Tibetans were calling for a retrial for Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche, a Tibetan monk who was sentenced to death in 2002 for involvement in bombings that killed one person and whose sentence has since been commuted to life in prison.

Tenzin Deleg gained a reputation as a champion of Tibetan culture and religion at a time when both seemed under threat from an influx of Chinese migrants into traditionally Tibetan western Sichuan.

Five members of Tenzin Deleg's family came to Beijing in recent weeks to deliver a petition seeking a new trial that was signed or marked with a fingerprint by 30,000 people but were forced to return to Sichuan, the woman said. They then went to the municipal courthouse in Sichuan's capital of Chengdu last week to request permission to visit the lama in prison but it was not immediately clear if the request was granted, she said.

Tibetan resentment against Chinese rule has been fueled by religious restrictions and competition for resources with migrants from the Han Chinese majority. The government says it has spent billions improving living conditions in minority areas and respects their rights.（http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091208/tibet_monk_091208）