More than 1,000 arrested as China cracks down on rare protests in Tibet

Detainees have been instructed to carry their very own meals and bedding – an indication that folks rounded up might be held for a protracted time period.
Derge is taken into account a centre for Tibetan tradition and historical past, and is house to monasteries with murals relationship again to the 13th century. A printing press connected to a monastery in Derge has additionally lengthy been the positioning of pilgrimages.
In latest days, some Tibetans have been protesting in solidarity in India’s Dharamsala, the place the Dalai Lama lives in exile, and in addition at Chinese embassies and consulates in the US and Europe, to attract public consideration to the difficulty.
“Criminalised for defending their homes and environment, Tibetans inside Tibet are risking their lives by sharing videos on social media exposing the reality of Tibet under occupation of the Chinese government,” Chemi Lhamo, campaigns director of Students for a Free Tibet mentioned in a press release.
“This displacement of thousands of indigenous peoples that have stewarded their ancestral lands for millennia is a human rights and a climate justice issue.”
The Chinese authorities has lengthy sought to carry Tibet to heel over issues that there could be separatist actions posing a political problem to the ruling Communist Party.
In response, Beijing has for many years put in financial growth programmes in hopes of sustaining stability in the area, although it has been carried out on the expense of Tibetan houses and monasteries, key to the area’s historical past and tradition.