March 9th through 30th, 2008
March 9
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Jyekundo (Ch: Yushu), Qinghai Province. Hundreds of banned portraits of the Dalai Lama are confiscated from a number of homes during a midnight raid by Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials.
March 10
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Tibetan Autonomous Region
Lhasa. Fifteen monks, visiting from Sera Monastery outside of Lhasa, stage a peaceful demonstration in the Barkhor area of Lhasa carrying Tibetan national flags and shouting pro-independence slogans. Chinese police arrest the monks and ordered all shops in the Barkhor area to close down. Raids are conducted in the homes of former political prisoners by authorities looking for banned CDs, especially those of the Dalai Lama receiving the Congressional Gold Medal which have been widely circulated among Tibetans.
Drepung Monastery, outside Lhasa. In the evening about 300
monks from the monastery start a protest march towards Barkhor Street
in Lhasa. The march is stopped by security personnel and the leaders
were arrested. Additional People’s Armed Police (PAP) ardeployed in
the region.
Qinghai Province
Jyekundo (Ch: Yushu), Qinghai Province. Pamphlets calling for Tibet’s independence are pasted on walls in the town.
Lutsang Monastery, Mangra County (Ch: Guinan), Qinghai Province. Over 100 monks and 200 laypersons protest.
Ditsa
Monastery, Bayen County (Ch: Hualong), Qinghai Province. About 70
monks protest carrying portraits of the Dalai Lama and shouting
pro-independence slogans.
Gansu Province:
Labrang Tashikyil
Monastery, Sangchu County (Ch: Xiahe), Gansu Province. Reports of
pamphlets calling for Tibet’s independence being posted on walls.
Police remove them.
Sichuan Province:
Kandze (Ch: Ganzi), Sichuan Province. Reports of pamphlets posted on walls calling for Tibet’s independence.
Dzoge Thangkor Soktsang Monastery, Dzoge County (Ch: Ruo’ergai), Sichuan Province. Monks of the monastery protest.
March 11
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Tibetan Autonomous Region:
Lhasa.
Authorities recall all government employees who were on leave to return
to work immediately and an order banning taking leave is issued.
Restrictions imposed on the movement of students, including Tibet
University and student movements are recorded at the main entrance gate
of the university.
Lhasa. Hundreds of monks from the Sera
Monastery demonstrate, calling for the release of their fellow monks
arrested the previous day. Chinese security personnel fire tear gas to
break up the protests and proceed to seal off the monastery,
restricting the movement of people in and out of the monastery.
Ganden Monastery, 50 km east of Lhasa. Large numbers of monks protest.
Sichuan Province:
Dabpa (Ch: Daocheng), Sichuan Province. Tibetans protest and three Tibetans shot and at least ten people injured.
March 12
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Tibetan Autonomous Region:
Ganden Monastery, east of Lhasa. Monks start a protest. Monastery is sealed off and surrounded by People’s Armed Police PAP).
Lhasa.
Over one hundred nuns from Chutsang Nunnery on the west side of Lhasa,
join a protest march towards Barkhor Street. They are blocked by the
PAP.
March 13
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Tibetan Autonomous Region:
Lhasa.
Foreign Affairs Office in Lhasa issued a warning to NGOs, especially
those with international partners that any information given to
foreigners regarding the protests could result in strict legal action
against the individual or even shutting down the offices of the NGO.
NGOs were also warned that if they were found sending information
through emails for disseminating information on demonstrations that
strict action would be taken against them. In addition, background
information on foreigners working with local NGOs was collected by the
Foreign Affairs Office.
Lhasa. The same group of nuns protesting yesterday protest again today.
March 14
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Tibetan Autonomous Region:
Ramoche
Temple, Lhasa. A peaceful demonstration led by monks of Ramoche
Temple. Large riots erupt with destruction of property, burning of
vehicles, and attacks on Chinese people.
Nyangden, near Sera Monastery, north of Lhasa. Over 200 people took part in a protest.
Karma
Kunsang, east of Lhasa. People demonstrating in the streets of Karma
Kunsang. Tear gas used by security personnel to break up the
demonstration.
Samye Monastery, Dranang County (Ch: Zhanang),
Tibetan Autonomous Region. Protest held at Samye. Security personnel
from Lhasa brought in to suppress the protest.
Phenpo Lhundup, Lhasa Municipality. Protest by monks and lay people.
Tolung
Dechen, (Ch: Duilong Deqing) west of Lhasa. Protests with reports of
unidentified dead bodies being seen carried away in trucks.
Tashi
Lhunpo Monastery, Shigatse (Ch: Rikaze), Tibetan Autonomous Region.
Protest in the Monastery by monks and lay people. Report of shooting
and the arrest of 40 people.
Gansu Province:
Labrang
Tashikyil Monastery (Ch: Xiahe), Gansu Province. Large protests by lay
people. Peoples Armed Police used tear gas to break up the protests
and people arrested.
Sichuan Province:
Othok village, Lithang County, Sichuan Province. Protest took place with Tibetans arrested.
Sershul Monastery, Shershul County (Ch: Serxu), Sichuan Province. Protests took place at Sershul Monastery.
Dzoge
Thangkor Soktsang Monastery, Dzoge County (Ch: Ruo’ergai), Sichuan
Province. Monks of the monastery protest, taking down the Chinese flag
and putting up the Tibetan flag.
March 15
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Gansu Province:
Labrang,
(Ch: Xiahe), Gansu Province. Thousands of Tibetans protest in a major
demonstration. Demonstration started by monks from Labrang Tashikyil
Monastery at county government headquarters was joined by large numbers
of lay people. People’s Armed Police fired tear gas and live
ammunition into the air to disperse the demonstrators.
Sichuan Province:
Dzoge (Ch: Ruo’ergai), Sichuan Province. Monks of Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery protest.
March 16
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Tibetan Autonomous Region:
Meldro
Gungar (Ch: Mozhugongka), east of Lhasa. Protests held by monks of
Pangsa Monastery. Some monks arrested but later released.
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Shigatse, Tibetan Autonomous Region. Protest by lay people near the monastery.
Ganden Chokor Monastery, Phenpo Lundrup (Ch: Linzhou), Tibetan Autonomous Region. Protests.
Qinghai Province:
Rongpo Monastery, Repkong (Ch: Tongren), Qinghai Province. Monks protests at the monastery.
Ragya Monastery, Machen County (Ch: Maqin), Qinghai Province. Monks of the monastery protest.
Gepa Sumdo (Ch: Tongde), Qinghai Province. Tibetans held a protest march.
Gansu Province:
Achok Monastery, Sanchu County (Xiahe), Gansu Province. Protests at the monastery.
Machu (Ch: Maqu), Machu County, Gansu Province. Large demonstrations in Machu town.
Lanzhou, Gansu Province. About 500 students of the Northwest Minorities University stage a peaceful demonstration.
Sichuan Province:
Kirti
Monastery, Ngaba (Ch: Aba), Sichuan Province. After morning prayers
thousands of monks protest at the Amdo Ngaba Kirti Monastery. Reports
of protesters shot and killed by security personnel.
Lithang, Sichuan Province. Monks and lay people hold a large protest.
Serthar (Ch: Seda), Sichuan Province. Protests.
Dzoge
Thangkor Soktsang Monastery, Dzoge County (Ruo’ergai), Sichuan
Province. Monks of the monastery again protest and attempt to march
towards the County government headquarters but are stopped by security
forces.
March 17
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Tibetan Autonomous Region:
Ganden
Chokor Monastery, Phenpo Lundrup (Ch: Linzhou), Tibetan Autonomous
Region. Protests that started yesterday continue today.
Tolung
Dechen County (Ch: Duilong Deqing), Tibetan Autonomous Region. Monks
from Khangmar Monastery, Damshung (Ch: Daxiong) County, participate in
large protest led by monks from Dhingka Monastery in Tolung Dechen.
Large numbers of lay people join the protest after County police tried
to stop the protesters. People’s Armed Police from Lhasa called to
suppress the protest and thirty protesters arrested.
Khangmar
Monastery, Damshung (Daxiong), Tibetan Autonomous Region. Eight monks
from the monastery are arrested during a peaceful demonstration.
Qinghai Province:
Tsang
Monastery, Yulgen County (Ch: Henan), Qinghai Province. Protest by
over 500 monks of Tsang Monastery. People’s Armed Police arrive to
suppress the protest.
Gansu Province:
Machu (Ch: Maqu), Gansu Province. Large numbers of students protest in Machu town with students arrested by security personnel.
Tso (Ch: Hezuo), Gansu Province. Tibetan students protest with protesters beaten and arrested by security personnel.
Sichuan Province:
Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Tibetan students of Southwestern Minorities University hold a peaceful demonstration.
Kakhok/Marthang
(Ch: Hongyuan), Sichuan Province. Tibetan students hold a protest on
the campus of the school. About 30 students arrested as they march to
the county government offices.
Serthar (Ch: Seda), Sichuan Province. Protests that started yesterday continue today.
Ngaba
(Ch: Aba), Sichuan Province. Nuns from Ngatoe Nunnery and lay people
carry dead bodies of those killed in the March 16 protest to County
government headquarters where they held a protest.
Dzoge
Thangkor Soktsand Monastery, Dzoge County (Ch: Ruo’ergai), Sichuan
Province. Monks from the monastery along with lay people storm the
county Public Security Bureau (PSB) headquarters in the county town.
Lhagang
Ch: (Tagong), Dartsedo (Ch: Kangding) County, Sichuan Province. The
Tibetan national flag, banned in Chinese was hung from the top of a
cell phone tower in the town of Lhagang (Ch: Tagong). The Tibetan flag
was eventually taken down on March 19 by Chinese police officers.
Yunnan Province:
Gyalthang
(Ch: Zhongdian), Yunnan Province. Fearing a ripple effect from
protests elsewhere, thousands of People’s Armed Police brought into
Gyalthang. No reports of any demonstrations, however.
Beijing:
Beijing.
Tibetan students at Beijing Central Minorities University hold a candle
light vigil to honor Tibetans killed in the protests.
March 18
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Tibetan Autonomous Region:
Lhasa.
Massive security operation underway in Lhasa with armored vehicles and
large numbers of security personnel. Former political prisoners in
Lhasa are being arbitrarily arrested in house-to-house raids taking
place since the evening of March 15.
Qinghai Province:
Jyekundo
(Ch: Yushu), Qinghai Province. Four hundred students from Yushu Middle
School hold a protest. Security personnel surrounded the school.
Movement of teachers and students is restricted.
Chikdril (Ch: Jiuzhi), Qinghai Province. Monks hold a protest.
Gansu Province:
Machu
(Ch: Maqu), Gansu Province. Protests continue from yesterday with
security personnel firing on protesters and reports of 19 people killed.
Bora, Sangchu County (Ch: Xiahe), Gansu Province. Protests by monks and lay people.
Tsayou, Sangchu County (Ch: Xiahe), Gansu Province. Protest by lay people.
Sichuan Province:
Kandze
(Ch: Ganzi), Sichuan Province. Protests continue today. Nearby
monasteries are blocked off by security personnel to prevent monks from
joining the protests. Reports of three protesters killed by security
forces.
Serthar (Ch: Seda), Sichuan Province. Protests continue, but a security crackdown is underway.
Serthar
(Ch: Seda), Sichuan Province. Protests held in various parts of
Serthar County with Tibetan flag being raised. Over 40 Tibetans
arrested.
Dzoge (Ch: Ruo’ergai), Sichuan Province. Large protests with over 30 protesters arrested.
Kandze
(Ch: Ganzi), Sichuan Province. Protests cointinue that started days
earlier with three Tibetans killed today and fifteen protesters
arrested.
Achok Township, Marthang County (Ch: Hongyuan),
Sichuan Province. Monks of Achok Tsenyi Monastery stage a peaceful
protest and march towards the township headquarters where they take
down the Chinese flag and put up the Tibetan flag.
March 19
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Tibetan Autonomous Region:
Sakya (Ch: Sajai), Shigatse Prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region. Monks from Sakya Monastery hold a protest.
Gongo (Ch: Gongjue), Chamdo Prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region. Tibetans from Sa-Ngen village in Gongo County demonstrate.
Lhasa.
Large numbers of Tibetans are being arrested. Reports that 600 monks
are flown out of Lhasa on military planes to Chengdu, capital of
Sichuan Province.
Gansu Province:
Ponkhor village, Ma-Ngoe Township, Luchu (Ch: Luqu) County, Gansu Province. Protests.
Machu (Ch: Maqu) County, Gansu Province. Large numbers of Tibetans continue to be arrested from earlier protests.
March 20
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Tibetan Autonomous Region:
Tso-Nga
Township, Markham (Ch: Mangkang) County, Chamdo Prefecture, Tibetan
Autonomous Region. Protests held in various villages in Markham
County. At least 16 people arrested.
Lhasa. Lhasa City Public Security Bureau (PSB) issues a “wanted” list of 25 people.
Qinghai Province:
Pema (Ch: Banma) County, Qinghai Province. Protest held.
Sichuan Province:
Serthar
(Ch: Seda) County, Sichuan Province. Protests held in various
townships of Serthar County, including Phuwu, despite the large
security presence.
Dzamthang (Ch: Rangtang) County, Sichuan Province. Monks and laypeople from Dotoe Township hold a protest.
March 21
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Sichuan Province:
Kandze (Ch: Ganzi), Sichuan Province. Over 50 monks, nuns and lay people protest.
March 22
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Qinghai Province:
Darlag
(Ch: Dari) County, Qinghai Province. Over 200 Tibetans protest,
including many on horseback, in Toema and Meyma villages.
Tsigorthang
(Ch: Xinghai) County, Qinghai Province. Monks from A-tsok Monastery
protest and raise the Tibetan flag from the roof of the Monastery and
on a hill top behnd the monastery. Chinese security personnel arrive
and surround the monastery premises.
Chentsa (Ch: Jianza)
County, Qinghai Province. Widespread, large protests with hundreds of
demonstrators in many villages in Chentsa County with a number of
protesters arrested. Security personnel from Xning, the capital of
Qinghai Province, arrive to suppress the demonstrations.
Chikdril
(Ch: Jiuzhi) County, Qinghai Province. Over 500 monks and laypeople
from Palyul village hold a protest t demand that Karwang Nyima
Rinpoche, the head of Dharthang Monastery, not be harassed by Chinese
security forces.
March 23
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Gansu Province:
Chone (Ch: Zhuoni) County, Gansu Province. Monks from Tashi Choling monastery hold a peaceful protest. Many monks arrested.
March 24
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Sichuan Province:
Drango
(Ch: Luhuo) County, Sichuan Province. Over 200 nuns from Ngang-khong
Nunnery hold a protest march to the government headquarters of Tehor
Township. The nuns were joined by 200 monks from Chokri Monastery and
150 nuns from Khasum Nunnery. One monk from Chokri Monastery was shot
and killed by security personnel. Numerous protesters arrested.
March 25
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Qinghai Province:
Tsigorthang
(Ch: Xinghai) County, Qinghai Province. Large numbers of Tibetans
from Holkha Township hold a protest in front of the county government
headquarters.
Sichuan Province:
Drango Ganden Rabten
Nampargyalpeling Monasery, Drango (Ch: Luhuo), Sichuan Province. Mover
400 monks from the monastery march to county headquarters. Security
forces fire on the demonstrators.
March 26
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Sichuan Province:
Dartsedo (Ch: Kangding), Sichuan Province. Reports of protests in Dartsedo.
Chokri
Getse Township, Dragko County (Ch: Luhuo), Sichuan Province. While
township officials were delivering a public talk to denounce the Dalai
Lama, a 60 year-old woman stood up and said she would never denounce
the Dalai Lama. Officials subsequently beat her and her son who tried
to intervene.
March 27
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No reports of protests.
March 28
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Tibetan Autonomous Region:
Lhasa.
About 30 monks disrupt the tightly controlled media trip of foreign
journalists’ trip to Lhasa, with calls for religious freedom and the
return of the Dalai Lama.
Sichuan Province:
Nyarong County
(Ch: Xinlong), Sichuan Province. Posters calling for Tibet’s
independence are posted in numerous villages in Nyarong County.
Ngaba
(Ch: Aba), Sichuan Province. Security personnel raided every monk’s
quarters in Ngaba Kirti Monastery looking for photographs of the Dalai
Lama. Over 100 monks arrested. (Note: Aba has seen some of the most
dramatic and violent protests outside of the Tibetan Autonomous Region,
mainly led by the monks of Ngaba Kirti Monastery. Numerous deaths are
reported from Aba).
