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Accused of conspiring to cause explosions

4 Tibetan writers arrested for the words they wrote

Arrested for calling for the return of the Dalai Lama

Arrested after protesting against China's occupation

Arrested for recording interviews with Tibetans

Detained on 20 August 2011, his current whereabouts are unknown

Arrested for printing the Tibetan flag

Arrested for communicating via internet and phone about the situation in Tibet

Arrested to undermine his growing influence

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Release Tenzin Delek Now!

In April 2012 Tenzin Delek Rinpoche will have been in detention for ten years. He is known to be in very poor health, believed to be linked to the torture he endured after his arrest.

Originally sentenced to death in 2002, commuted to life in 2004, Tenzin Delek Rinpoche has remained constantly vocal about his innocence. No evidence has been found against him.

TAKE ACTION: Send an urgent action now calling for his immediate release

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Lessons Learned:
Remembering Lobsang Dhondup, Taking Action to Free Tenzin Delek
by Lhadon Tethong

I was attending the World Social Forum in Brazil when the Chinese government executed Lobsang Dhondup and sentenced Tenzin Delek Rinpoche to death. I was checking my email in a small cybercafe in Porto Alegre, surrounded by activists from across the globe, when I heard the news. At first, I just sat there. Stunned. Moments later, I couldn’t fight it back, and I wept. Then, I resolved to fight. It was a defining moment for me as a young Tibetan activist.

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17 February: Jigme Guri charged with “engaging in activities aimed at splitting the country”

On 20 August 2011 Jigme Guri a senior monk from Labrang Monastery in Amdo
(Ch: Gansu), was arrested for the fourth time in five years. On 1 January 2012, after more than four months in detention, an official arrest warrant was issued stating charges of ‘splittism’.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION! Send the urgent message to Gansu’s Party Secretary Lu Hao, demanding the release of Jigme Guri. Read Jigme Guri’s Full Profile

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A Tibetan held by Chinese authorities because they have highlighted, opposed or criticized China’s rule of Tibet.

There are over 850* known Tibetan Political Prisoners and numerous more who are ‘missing’. In 2011 alone there were 230 known cases of Tibetans have been arrested and detained.

Tibetan political prisoners endure harsh prison conditions, including beating, torture, deprivation of food and sleep, and long periods in isolation cells.

Their “crimes” include sending text messages, writing about the situation, sending emails, distributing information, singing songs, peaceful protests, carrying Tibetan flags, possessing photos of the Dalai Lama – actions that we do and expect to do everyday.