![]() Several bloggers and other Internet users have been arrested in Tibet in recent months. The monks in Sog Tsandan monastery, for example, were forced by the police to attend patriotic meetings with the authorities and were forbidden to observe their end-of-summer retreat (in which they stay within the monastery to avoid harming the insects that emerge at that time of the year). The population of Sogdzong country complain of police harassment, including frequent ID checks. It appears that the Bureau of Public Security had been monitoring their online activities for some time. The three young people allegedly used QQ, a Chinese instant messaging service, to send photos of the Dalai Lama and speeches by him. It is deplorable that the Chinese police devote so much energy to identifying and arresting ordinary Internet users.” “Despite the risks, Tibetan Internet users continue to transmit information, especially to the diaspora and human rights groups. “The Internet is monitored, censored and manipulated more in Tibet than in other Chinese provinces,” Reporters Without Borders said. The police have not allowed the three – identified as Gyaltsing, 25, Nymia Wangchuk, 24, and Yeshi Namkha, 25 – to have any contact with their families since their arrest. Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of three young Tibetans from the village of Dara who have been held in Nagchu county since 1 October, when they were arrested in nearby Sogdzong county for allegedly sending information about Tibet to contacts abroad via the Internet. More Tibetans arrested in connection with Internet activities These young people should not be made to pay for the tension between the Chinese authorities and the Dalai Lama.” “We call for their immediate release and the withdrawal of all the charges. “All these young Tibetan Internet users did was exchange photos of Tibet’s spiritual leader,” Reporters Without Borders said. It is not known where they are being held. Three other Internet users, identified as Yeshi Namkha, Anne (a pseudonym) and Thupten, were arrested for similar reasons on 1 December but have not yet been tried. Their families, who have not been able to visit them in prison or obtain any information about them, are concerned for their health. They have been detained in Lhassa since 1 October. They were convicted on charges of “communicating information to contacts outside China.” The exact date of their conviction is not known but it is believed to have been three or four days ago. (Disclaimer: This story is auto-generated from a syndicated feed only the image & headline may have been reworked by young Tibetans, identified as Gyaltsing and Nyima Wangdu, have just been given three-year jail sentences for posting photos of the Dalai Lama online. "Her reign, as Britain's longest-serving monarch, represented celebration, inspiration and a reassuring sense of continuity for so many people alive today," the Dalai Lama said. He also recalled seeing pictures of the late queen's coronation in 1952 in magazines as a young boy in Tibet. "Your mother lived a meaningful life with dignity, grace, a strong sense of service and a warm heart, qualities we all should treasure," the Tibetan spiritual leader wrote. In a message to her son, King Charles III, posted on his website, the Dalai Lama expressed his sadness and condolences to the new monarch, the royal family, and the people of the United Kingdom. The UK's longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. ![]() ![]() Dharamsala (HP), Sep 9 (PTI) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday condoled the death of. ![]()
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