Elfogtak egy tibeti aktivistát Újdelhiben

2012. március 27./Phayul.com/TibetPress

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New Delhi, March 27: Tibetan activist are being randomly rounded up on “preventive measures” in the Indian Capital on the eve of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit.

Tenzin Choekyi, General Secretary of Tibetan Youth Congress was arrested along with Tenzin Norsang, Joint Secretary while on their way to Foreign Embassies to deliver memorandums. Tenzin Choekyi accompanied Jamphel Yeshi to the hospital soon after the self immolation and had been with him till her arrest.

Prominent Tibetan activist and writer, Tenzin Tsundue was also arrested while addressing a Panel Discussion at the Indian Habitat Centre in New Delhi. Dozens of policemen swept down at the Auditorium and arrested Tsundue mid-session from a panel which included China expert Mohan Guruswamy, Retired General Vinod Sehgal and Tempa Tsering, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Delhi.

Tsundue who had reached India days ago from a North America trip was speaking at an academic dialogue, “What does the Tibet leverage mean for India today?” The Panel Discussion was organized by the Tibetan Women’s Association to highlight the issue of Tibet during Hu’s visit.

Early in the day, two Tibetan volunteers of the New Delhi based Indo-Tibet Co-ordination Office was detained from the Press Club. The two were helping organize a press conference for ITCO.

Core Group for Tibetan Cause, the coordinator umbrella organisation of Tibet support groups in India strongly condemned the random mass arrests calling it “undemocratic and illegal” on the part of the agencies of the Indian government.

“We call upon all democracy loving individuals and groups of India to advise the policy makers of the Government of India to permit the Tibetan refugee community to express their opinion in a democratic and peaceful manner,” the group said in a release today.

Outside Tibetan residential areas in New Delhi, Rapid Action Forces armed in full riot gear have been deployed in large numbers.

The gates to Majnu-ka-Tilla, a popular Tibetan residential area as well as the Tibetan Youth Hostel in Rohini, are closed while police are keeping a strict watch on every movement.

The heightened security measure comes a day after 27 year old Jamphel Yeshi set his body on fire in an apparent protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet. Jamphel Yeshi continues to be in a serious condition and has been shifted to another ward in the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.