{"id":35994,"date":"2013-10-10T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=35994 "},"modified":"2013-10-10T15:17:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T15:17:00","slug":"35994-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=35994","title":{"rendered":"Tibet: Chinese police \\’fired into protesters\\’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 60 Tibetans were injured after Chinese police fired into a crowd of protesters, rights group Free Tibet and US-based Radio Free Asia report.<\/div>
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The shooting occurred on Sunday in Biru county, as villagers demanded police free a man who led separate protests in September, the reports said.<\/div>
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There had been clashes in September after Tibetans refused to fly China’s flag outside their homes, reports said.<\/div>
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Tibet is governed as an autonomous region in China.<\/div>
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However, rights groups have accused China of religious and political repression – something denied by the Chinese authorities.<\/div>
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A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said that she was unaware of the reports, and declined to comment further, Reuters news agency said.<\/div>
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A policeman at the public security bureau in Tibet’s Biru county also told AFP news agency that there was “no protest, no one injured”.<\/div>
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Foreign media are only allowed to enter Tibet at the invitation of the Chinese government. These visits are rare and tightly controlled, making it almost impossible to independently verify reports.<\/div>
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‘Tear gas’<\/div>
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On 6 October, a crowd of protesters gathered outside the local government office appealing for the release of local Dorjee Dagtsel, Radio Free Asia, and UK-based Free Tibet, said.<\/div>
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Security forces opened fire into the crowd, injuring at least 60 and leaving two in a critical condition, they said.<\/div>
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Free Tibet added in the statement that the forces “deployed tear gas” and beat the protesters.<\/div>
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However, the International Campaign for Tibet said it was not clear if the troops fired live rounds or tear gas.<\/div>
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Free Tibet named the two critically injured Tibetans as Tagyal, who had a broken femur, and Tsewang, who was shot in the jaw. It said they had been taken to a hospital in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.<\/div>
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All the phone lines in the region have been disconnected, exile Tibetan web portal Phayul reported.<\/div>
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The incident appears to be latest sign of the continuing unrest on China’s Tibetan plateau, the BBC’s Martin Patience in Beijing reports.<\/div>
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Since serious ethnic rioting broke out in 2008, more than 100 Tibetans have set themselves on fire in protest against what they say is Beijing’s repressive rule, our correspondent adds.<\/div>
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Beijing claims a centuries-old sovereignty over the Himalayan region, and says Tibet has developed considerably under its rule.<\/div>
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