“Tibetans are not allowed to enter Labrang Monsastery, and are diverted by security personnel guarding the entrance to Labrang Monastery.” Photo via Free Tibet.
[This post has been updated and expanded as of 10:22 a.m. EST on 3.2.09.]
Here are the Tibet-related headlines for today:
The Agence France-Presse reports that “tensions were high” in southwest China after police shot a Tibetan monk who immolated himself in protest of Chinese rule in Tibet. I posted about that incident a few days ago.
These tensions are exacerbated by the fact that even more protests have sprung up in Sichuan Provice, including within the city where the immolation/shooting took place. Reuters has more.
In addition to what’s happening in Sichuan Province, I posted about a peaceful march and candlelight vigil led by monks in Qinghai Province. The Associated Press has produced a report rightly noting that “scores of Tibetan monks” have been demonstrating in China and offers a useful chronology of events. Take a look.
They’ve got a lot today: Reuters also produces a detailed piece about how “years of Chinese government denunciations and decades in exile have not loosened the Dalai Lama’s influence over Tibetans in his homeland, where his banned image remains treasured.”
In tandem with this piece, the press organization also produces several useful “fact boxes” on “the historical ties between China and Tibet”, “question marks over the succession of the Dalai Lama”, and “the Karmapa’s emergence as a Tibetan leader”.
In addition, Reuters reporter Emma Graham-Harrison also gives a first-hand account for the news service about “reporting from behind China’s Himalayan curtain.”
The AP brings us the news that the Nepalese government has officially banned protests in front of the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu. (A report on Indopia indicates that sixteen exiles trying to stage pro-Tibet demonstrations there were arrested.)
Reuters also weighs in on His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley, and the possible role he may play in the Tibetan government in the future. I’ve previously posted about stories in Newsweek, the New York Times, and the Houston Chronicle on this matter.
Lastly, over at Shambhala Sun Space, our pal in the Buddhoblogosphere Rod Meade Sperry point us to photographs of “enormous numbers of armed security forces swarming the important monastery town of Labrang (Amdo).” One photo is posted above at the top of this post.
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“Tibetans are not allowed to enter Labrang Monsastery, and are diverted by security personnel guarding the entrance to Labrang Monastery.” Photo via Free Tibet.
