哲蚌寺僧人遭到拘捕

    
    
    
    来源：参与 作者：西藏人权民主中心（2008年4月14日，17：53）
    
    
    根据西藏人权民主中心通过可靠渠道经过证实的消息，2008年4月12日前后，由于反对中国“工作组”进入寺院开展“爱国主义教育”运动及“反对达赖集团”的宣传活动，若干名西藏哲蚌寺僧人被中国警方拘捕。
    
    根据官方媒体新华社4月13日的消息，在2008年4月12日前后，作为“爱国主义教育运动”的一部分，西藏自治区政府向哲蚌寺派驻了“法制宣传教育工作组”。
    
    可靠消息来源透露，一个进行“法制宣传教育”的工作组进驻哲蚌寺对僧人开展“爱国主义教育”及“反对达赖集团”的宣传活动，但遭到僧人们的一致反对。后来工作组召来大量军警控制抗议僧人，若干名西藏僧人当即遭到拘捕，并以扰乱和抗议“爱国主义教育”为由被军警带走。拘捕的详情和地点不得而知。
    
    在西藏许多寺院，“爱国主义教育”运动已经重新开展，除了通常的政治灌输内容还要求僧人们谴责达赖喇嘛和反对当前的抗议行动。由于最近藏区的抗议活动主要由僧人领头，进行“法制宣传教育”的新的工作组的首要目的，在于告知寺院方面参与政治活动的法律和其他后果。
    
    尽管中国官方媒体新华社在4月13日报道了“工作组”进驻哲蚌寺的事件，但是在报道中隐瞒了抗议和拘留僧人的情况。
    
    额外部署的武警部队封锁了所有通往哲蚌寺的道路。驻扎寺院的警察严格限制僧人们的行动自由，并禁止包括信徒在内的外界访客进入寺院。
    
    西藏人权民主中心（TCHRD）呼吁中华人民共和国政府释放那些因行使基本人权而遭到拘禁的僧人，《联合国人权宣言》、中国宪法以及众多国际公约和条约都赋予这些基本人权以神圣的价值。中心还呼吁中国立即结束在藏区寺院进行的“爱国主义教育”运动。中国政府应当保证被捕人员免遭不当对待和酷刑折磨，而这些是在西藏由中国管理的拘留中心和监狱的普遍现象。
    
    
    Monks of Drepung Monastery detained during Patriotic Education campaign
    
    TCHRD[Monday, April 14, 2008 17:53]
    
    
    A number of monks of Drepung Monastery in Tibet were detained by the Chinese security officials in and around 12 April 2008 following the monks\’ protest against Chinese \”Work Team\” who paid a visit to the monastery to conduct \”Patriotic Education\” Campaign, according to confirmed information received from reliable sources by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
    
    The \”Tibet Autonomous Region\” (\”TAR\” ) authorities sent the \”Legal Information Education\” \”Work Team\” as a part of the \”patriotic education\” campaign to Drepung Monastery in and around 12 April 2008, according to the official mouthpiece, Xinhua, dated 13 April 2008.
    
    According to reliable sources, a new \”Work Team\” on \”Legal and Information Education\” arrived in Drepung Monastery to start \”Patriotic Education\” campaign to the Drepung monks, however, the monks protested in unison against the campaign. Later security forces were called into the monastery by the \”Work Team\” to control the protesting monks. Number of Tibetan monks were immediately detained and taken away to unknown location by the security forces for interrupting and protesting the campaign. There is no information on the condition and whereabouts of those detainees.
    
    The \”Patriotic Education\” campaign which was reinvigorated across various monastic institutions in Tibet requires monks to denounce the Dalai Lama and to oppose the ongoing protests in addition to usual political indoctrination sessions. The new \’work team\’ of \”legal and information education\” was primarily aimed at informing the monastic institution about the legal and other consequences of taking part in political activities as most of recent protests across Tibet were led by the monastic community.
    
    Although, the official Chinese mouthpiece, Xinhua, dated 13 April covered the incident of visit by \”Work Team\” to Drepung Monastery, however, it suppressed the protest and detention of monks in its report.
    
    All roads leading towards Drepung Monastery were known to have been sealed off with extra deployment of armed police forces. The movements of the monks in the monastery were severely restricted with security personnel curbing access to outside visitors to the monastery including devotees.
    
    TCHRD calls upon the People\’s Republic of China (PRC) government to release all those Tibetans who have been detained for exercising their fundamental human rights enshrined in the UDHR, Chinese constitution and many other international covenants and treaties that she is party to. The Centre also calls upon the PRC to immediately put an end to \”Patriotic Education\” campaign across all religious institutions in Tibet. The government of the PRC should ensure that the arrestees are not subjected to ill treatment and torture, which are common features in Chinese administered detention centres and prisons in Tibet.