Chinese Authorities Impose New Restrictions on Restive Tibetan County
Source: RFA
Chinese authorities have issued a document demanding that monasteries and residents in a restive Tibetan county in northwestern China’s Qinghai province pledge loyalty to the ruling Chinese Communist Party and imposing further controls on information flows out of the region, sources say.
The demands are contained in a document launched in a campaign on May 13 particularly targeting monasteries located in Golog (in Chinese, Guoluo) prefecture’s Pema (Baima) county, a local source told RFA’s Tibetan Service.
“The monks are being forced either to sign or, if they cannot write, to put their fingerprint on the page,” RFA’s source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “They have also been told to let their facial expression signify acceptance of the document’s terms,” he said.
Major provisions of the document are that “Tibetans should demonstrate their support for China’s Communist Party and should abide by all laws and regulations,” but include injunctions against taking part in protests challenging Chinese rule, including self-immolations, RFA’s source said.
Read more: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/impose-05202014171714.html
“They have also been told to let their facial expression signify acceptance"
My god was a 1984 nightmare hellhole China is
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