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洛桑晋巴

西藏僧人作词家洛桑晋巴被中共关押五年之后出狱。

2013年2月23日,中共对西藏歌手洛洛判处了6年徒刑,对作词家洛桑晋巴判处5年徒刑后在青海省西宁市的一座监狱中服刑。洛桑晋巴服完五年的徒刑后上月出狱。

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Jamyang Kyi

Famous Tibetan feminist Jamyang Kyi (penname: Mindruk/Six Stars) who is known for many incisive writings on women and social issues has recently written on social media protesting the confiscation of several books that she had authored. A translated book by her husband Lhamo Kyab (penname: Jhangkar/North Star) was also among those confiscated.

Two posts written by Jamyang Kyi have appeared recently on social media in which the writer, singer and former journalist strongly criticised the manner in which her books and her husband’s book were forcibly taken away by unknown officials from bookstores in Lhasa city and Siling (Ch: Xining) city.

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Censorship rules issued by Machu County Internet Police

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has obtained a copy of a Chinese government document that announces the implementation of vague and broadly defined rules on internet censorship in Tibet.

Issued for public notice by the Machu (Ch: Maqu) County Public Security Bureau (PSB) located in Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, the document in Tibetan contains a list of instructions to online chat group administrators and owners of public online accounts on how to conduct self-censorship.

The notice, that took effect on 8 October, contains rules that are local version of two new regulations released on 7 September by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). Both the “Management Regulations on Online Public Accounts” and Management Regulations on Internet Groups provide that the regulations were passed to “promote the healthy and orderly development of online community” and “uphold the socialist core values.”

To be implemented by the Machu County Internet Police, the notice orders all online chat group administrators and owners of public online accounts to be responsible for “strictly regulating” their group members and the information they post. They are also made responsible for strictly preventing the spread of ‘illegal’ contents on the internet. The notice covers all online groups such as those that provide information including text, picture, audio and video to the public through any registered online platform as well as online chat groups, social media, and instant messaging apps.

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中国政府即将召开十九大之际,西藏人权与民主促进中心通过发表《西藏境内维权抗争发展趋势研究报告》严正声明中国政府只有重新认识西藏的现实问题和西藏问题的本质,以及尊重西藏人的基本权利,改善西藏境内的人权状况,听取藏人的意愿纠正错误的政策才能缓和西藏境内严重紧张局势,也能为根本上解决西藏问题创造有利条件。

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《五十四天》藏文版封面

西藏人权与民主促进中心(TCHRD)很高兴地宣布出版发行《五十四个昼夜》,这本书是由西藏僧侣鲁贡确嘉措(Lu Kunchok Gyatso)撰写,这本用西藏语书写的书是20世纪90年代作者为了朝拜达赖喇嘛,并在印度接受西藏佛学院教育翻越喜马拉雅山流亡印度的危险旅程的日记的集合。 经过54个昼夜的长途跋涉之后抵达了印度,后来他入了印度南部的哲蚌寺佛学院,2000年在完成学业后返回西藏,他在二千年后才完成了这本书。

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