ICT Urges China to release all self-immolation related Tibetan Prisoners

DHARAMSHALA: International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), a Tibet advocacy group based in the US, has released a special report titled “Acts of significant evil: The criminalisation of Tibetan self-immolations ” documenting the wave of self-immolations in Tibet and the intensified response of the Chinese government. It urged the Chinese government to “release all Tibetans who have been detained and sentenced on grounds “incitement to” or “aiding” self-immolations, and whose actions themselves do not represent punishable behavior according to Chinese Criminal Law and international law.”

“incitement to” or “aiding” self-immolations, and whose actions themselves do not represent punishable behavior according to Chinese Criminal Law and international law; – See more at: http://www.savetibet.org/acts-of-significant-evil/#sthash.lfj2q7ar.dpuf

“incitement to” or “aiding” self-immolations, and whose actions themselves do not represent punishable behavior according to Chinese Criminal Law and international law; – See more at: http://www.savetibet.org/acts-of-significant-evil/#sthash.lfj2q7ar.dpuf

“Since 2009 there have been 131 (sic) self-immolations of Tibetans in Tibet and China whose common call has been for the return of the Dalai Lama and for freedom in Tibet. The Chinese Communist Party has responded with an intensified wave of repression in Tibet, by punishing those allegedly “associated” with self-immolators, including friends, families and even entire communities,” ICT said.

• “Since 2012, at least 11 Tibetans have been sentenced to prison terms or even to death on “intentional homicide” charges, because they allegedly have “aided” or “incited” others to self-immolate,” it wrote.

• The report also listed 98 Tibetans, since 2010, who have been subjected to punishments because of their alleged association to a self-immolation, arguing that in most of the cases, there is no evidence that those convicted either spoke to the self-immolator or even knew the self-immolator.

ICT has also accused the Chinese authorities of stepping up deliberate attempts to penalize families and the broader community when a Tibetan self-immolates in protest against the Chinese government’s policies. For instance, in a set of new regulations passed in April 2013 in one of the areas where several self-immolations have occurred, the entire community is faced with financial and other penalties.
The Tibet advocacy group called upon the Chinese government to address the underlying grievances of the Tibetan people, instead of stepping up clampdowns and imposing collective punishments when a Tibetan self-immolates.
It urged China to respect the universal rights of the Tibetan people and called for a meaningful dialogue with the Tibetans to resolve the ongoing issue.
ICT also called on the international community to raise the inconsistency of the measures adopted by the Chinese government towards Tibetans, particularly with regard to self-immolations protests in Tibet with international and Chinese law.
http://tibet.net/2014/08/04/ict-urges-china-to-release-self-immolation-related-tibetan-prisoners/
4/8/14
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