Tuesday, February 07, 2006

言論の不自由 中国チベット


3 Tibetan nuns, 2 monks get prison terms for China protest
(Kyodo) _ A Chinese court has sentenced three Buddhist nuns and two monks to prison terms for distributing a letter that advocated Tibet's independence and the cancellation of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, an overseas advocacy group said Tuesday.

The intermediate court in Gansu Province in western China sentenced two of the nuns, Tadrin Tsomo and Choekyi Drolma, and one monk, Dargye Gyatso, to three years' imprisonment in mid-January, the London-based Free Tibet Campaign said in a statement. The third nun, Yonten Drolma and the second monk, Jamyang Samdrub, received 18-month terms.

Gansu police arrested them on May 22 last year for their alleged role in distributing and posting a one-page "protest letter" at Labrang Monastery, the market in Labrang County and possibly in neighboring areas, the Free Tibet Campaign statement says. The letter was posted days before the arrest.

The letter called for the independence of the Tibet Autonomous Region from China and said China should not host the 2008 Olympics until the Tibet question is "peacefully resolved," according to the statement.

A Free Tibet Campaign representative said Tibet activists seldom mention the Beijing Olympics, which will be the first for China.

The five people came from the same county in neighboring Qinghai Province. The monks were living at Labrang Monastery in Gansu Province, and the nuns lived in the Gendun Tengye Ling Nunnery, which is about a half-hour's drive away.
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"The new testimonies confirm our fears of a growing repression in Gansu Province," said Yael Weisz-Rind of the Free Tibet Campaign. "The picture portrayed is of a renewed effort by China to crack down on freedom of religion and freedom of expression across Tibet, target monks and nuns and intensify its 'patriotic education campaign' in monasteries."Tuesday February 7, 6:56 PM

チベットの独立を叫べば逮捕監禁され、言ってないこともまで言ったと言われるかもしない。中国 ーーー大丈夫かい?

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