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Fra: Charlotte Mathiassen [nyimaling@mail.dk]Sendt: 26. maj 2008 19:34Til: Charlotte MathiassenEmne: Fw: [Tibetnyt] US Human Rights Report On Tibet----- Original Message -----From: "Anders Hjmark Andersen" <aha@city.dk>
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To: "Anders Hjmark Andersen" <aha@city.dk>
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Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 10:42 AMSubject: [Tibetnyt] US Human Rights Report On TibetNB: Rapoorten er udgivet den 11. marts og indeholder ingen referencertil den nylige opstand. Vi gengiver afsnittene om Tibet. Den fulderapport kan lses p
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http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/100518.htm)The US State Department's 2007 Human Rights Report On Tibet-----------------------------------------------------------------------State Department of the United StatesMarch 11, 2008China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau) Country Reports on HumanRights Practices - 2007Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor on March11, 2008TIBETThe United States recognizes the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) andTibetan autonomous prefectures and counties in other provinces to be apart of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The Tibetan populationwithin the TAR was approximately 2.8 million, while in autonomousprefectures and counties outside the TAR the Tibetan population was anestimated 2.9 million. The government strictly controlled informationabout, and access to, the TAR and, to a lesser extent, Tibetan areasoutside the TAR, making it difficult to determine accurately the scopeof human rights abuses.The government's human rights record in Tibetan areas of China remainedpoor, and the level of repression of religious freedom increased.Authorities continued to commit serious human rights abuses, includingtorture, arbitrary arrest and detention, and house arrest andsurveillance of dissidents. The government restricted freedom ofspeech, academic freedom, and freedom of movement. The governmentadopted new regulations and other measures to control the practice ofTibetan Buddhism, including measures that require government approvalto name all reincarnated lamas. The preservation and development of theunique religious, cultural, and linguistic heritage of Tibetan areasand the protection of the Tibetan people's other fundamental humanrights continued to be of concern.DEPRIVATION OF LIFEIn contrast with 2006, there were no reports that government securityagents killed persons during the year.
 
There were no developments in the investigation of the September 2006shooting at the Nangpa La pass, in which People's Armed Police (PAP)killed Kelsang Namtso and injured others in a group of approximately 70Tibetans attempting to enter Nepal.There were no developments in the 2005 death of monk Ngawang Jangchub.DISAPPEARANCEIn April authorities arrested Phuntsok Gyaltsen, the deputy head ofPhurbu Township, Palgon County,TAR. At year's end his whereabouts wereunknown.The whereabouts of 19-year-old monk Thubten Samten, reportedly arrestedin May 2006, remained unknown at year's end. There was no informationon the location of 13 Tibetans arrested near Tingri in June 2006. Thewhereabouts of Lhadon, a Kangma Middle School teacher in Kangma County,TAR, arrested in 2006, were unknown.The whereabouts of the Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's second mostprominent figure after the Dalai Lama, and his family remained unknown.Government officials continued to claim he was under governmentsupervision at an undisclosed location.TORTURE AND OTHER DEGRADING TREATMENTIn early September authorities detained seven ethnic Tibetan schoolchildren ages 14 and 15 in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture(TAP) of Gansu Province for allegedly writing slogans on publicbuildings calling for the return of the Dalai Lama. The children wereheld until fines were paid. According to reports, during theirincarceration they were severely beaten and subjected to electricshocks. One child was released to a hospital for treatment aftersustaining serious injuries believed to be the result of beatings.Tibetans seeking to flee to India and other countries overland viaNepal risked violence and arrest at the hands of security forces. OnOctober 18, PAP border guards reportedly fired on a group of 46Tibetans attempting to enter Nepal at the Nangpa La pass. ThreeTibetans reportedly were arrested and nine were missing; the remainderreached Nepal.The security apparatus employed torture and degrading treatment indealing with some detainees and prisoners. Tibetans repatriated fromNepal reportedly continued to suffer torture and other abuse indetention centers, including electric shocks, exposure to cold, andsevere beatings, and were forced to perform heavy physical labor. Manywere required to pay fines upon release.In a Radio Free Asia (RFA) report in April, monk Sonam Dorje, whoserved a 13-year jail term in Lhasa's Drapchi Prison, described tortureused by Chinese prison guards. He reported that the guards used rubbertubes filled with sand, electric batons, and iron tongs to beat theprisoners, and he said they were kept in solitary confinement for up toa month at a time.Approximately 30 Tibetans captured at the Nangpa La pass in September
 
2006 remained in detention in a labor camp.A group of 23 Tibetans captured at the Nangpa La pass in 2005 alsoremained in detention. The whereabouts of 27 other persons in the samegroup were unknown.Prison ConditionsPrisoners in Tibetan areas were generally subject to the same prisonconditions as in other areas of the country. Forced labor was used insome prisons, detention centers, reeducation-through-labor facilities,and prison work sites. The law states that prisoners may be required towork up to 12 hours per day, with one rest day every two weeks, butthese regulations often were not enforced. Conditions in administrativedetention facilities, such as reeducation-through-labor camps, weresimilar to those in regular prisons.ARBITRARY ARREST OR DETENTIONArbitrary arrest and detention remained serious problems in Tibetanareas. By law police may detain persons for up to 37 days withoutformally arresting or charging them. After the 37-day period hasexpired, police must either formally arrest the detainees or releasethem. The relatives or employer of a person arrested must be notifiedwithin 24 hours of the arrest. In practice police frequently violatedthese requirements.POLITICAL PRISONERS AND DETAINEESDue to the lack of independent access to prisoners and prisons, it wasdifficult to ascertain the number of Tibetan political prisoners.According to sources, the overall number of reported politicalprisoners in Tibetan areas dropped to 95, compared with 105 in 2006.However, the number of persons known to be detained for politicalreasons during the year rose to 24 from 13 in 2006. Based oninformation available for 70 political prisoners, the average sentencewas 10 years and 11 months, and 67 percent were monks or nuns. Sourcesshowed that 48 Tibetan political prisoners were imprisoned in the TAR,34 in Sichuan Province, six in Qinghai Province, four in GansuProvince, and three in Beijing.An unknown number of Tibetans were serving sentences inreeducation-through-labor camps and other forms of administrativedetention not subject to judicial review.On January 8, plainclothes officers reportedly arrested Jamyang Gyatso,a monk from Gansu Province. Local residents speculated that he wasdetained for helping persons listen to RFA broadcasts. Gyatso wasbeaten while in prison and released in September.In January the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD)reported the February 2006 detention of Buchung, a monk fromTashilhunpo Monastery. Buchung reportedly had a compact disc containingthe Dalai Lama's 2006 Kalachakara teaching. At year's end there was noinformation on whether he had been charged or sentenced.In January the RFA reported the December 2006 arrest of Penpa, a
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