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Jigme Gyatso 52 ans un tibétain activiste politique a été libéré après 17 ans de prison

Radio Free Asia 1er Avril 2013 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/prisoner-04012013215019.html

Un militant populaire tibétain a été libéré après avoir purgé 17 ans de prison avec travaux forcés pour avoir milité pour l'indépendance du Tibet et s'être exprimé pour souhaiter une longue vie au chef de file spirituel du Tibet, le Dalaï Lama, a indiqué une source tibétaine.

Jigme Gyatso, 52 ans, ancien moine, est apparu "très faible" quand il est revenu lundi 1er Avril 2013 à son domicile à Sangchu (Tibet) après avoir été libéré de la prison de Chusul située près de la capitale tibétaine Lhassa le samedi 30 Mars 2013, a indiqué la source tibétaine au service de Radio Free Asia (RFA).

Jigme Gyatso, qui était le chef de l'association du "Mouvement pour la liberté du Tibet", a été condamné en 1996 à 15 ans de prison sur des accusations d'être un "chef d' un réseau contre-révolutionnaire" et "mettant en danger la sécurité nationale chinoise" selon la justice de la République Populaire de Chine.

Les autorités chinoises ont ajouté trois autres années à sa peine en 2004 pour «incitation au séparatisme» quand il a crié en prison: "longue vie du Dalaï Lama" .

Jigme Gyatso devait être libéré en Mars 2014.

De nombreux groupes internationaux de défense des droits humains s'était plaint de sa condamnation à l'emprisonnement, y compris Amnesty International, qui le désignait comme un prisonnier d'opinion après avoir accusé les autorités chinoises d'avoir battu et torturé en prison Jigmé Gyatso. Il a également été hospitalisé pendant une période non définie lors de sa détention.

Un an après, en 2005, d' après un rapport d'Amnesty, il a été condamné et a été tellement battu qu'il pouvait à peine marcher.

"Après avoir été libéré de prison, Jigme Gyatso a été ordonné de quitter sa ville natale et a atteint sa ville d' origine ce 1er Avril 2013 avec une escorte de police selon la source tibétaine.

«Ceux qui l'ont vu ont déclaré qu'il était très faible. Il boitait et ont déclaré qu' il avait des problèmes cardiaques et d'hypertension artérielle. Sa vision est également faible selon un déclaration à RFA de Jamyang Tsultrim un tibétain en exil en Inde et ami de Jigme Gyatso en citant des contacts vivant dans la région de l' activiste tibétain.

Réaction violente

En mai 1998, Jigme Gyatso faisait partie d'un groupe de prisonniers à la prison de Drapchi à Lhassa, qui ont commencé à crier des slogans pro-Dalaï Lama, provoquant une réaction violente du personnel pénitentiaire qui a entraîné la mort de neuf détenus.

La manifestation a coïncidé avec la visite d'une délégation de l'Union européenne dans la prison.

Le Rapporteur spécial des Nations unies sur la torture a rencontré Jigme Gyatso lors de sa mission en Chine en Novembre 2005 et a appelé les autorités chinoises pour sa libération.

Par la suite, le Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire a déclaré que sa détention était arbitraire et violait ses droits à la liberté d'expression, d'association et de réunion.

L'Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture, une large coalition d'organisations non gouvernementales luttant contre les détentions arbitraires, la torture, les exécutions extrajudiciaires et d'autres formes de violence, a rapporté en 2009 que Jigme Gyatso était devenu «très fragile», souffrait d'insuffisance rénale, et pourrait "seulement marcher le dos courbé."

Amnesty a indiqué en 2011 qu'il était "gravement malade à la suite d'actes de tortures et de mauvais traitements survenus lors de sa détention."



http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/prisoner-04012013215019.html

A popular Tibetan activist has been freed after serving 17 years in prison with hard labor for seeking independence for Tibet and calling for the long life of Tibet's spirtual leader, the Dalai Lama, according to a Tibetan source.

Jigme Gyatso, 52, a former monk, appeared "very weak" when he returned Monday to his home in Sangchu (in Chinese, Xiahe) county in Gansu province's Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture after being released from Chusul prison near Tibet's capital Lhasa on Saturday, the source told RFA's Tibetan Service.

Jigme Gyatso, who was the leader of the Association of Tibetan Freedom Movement, was sentenced in 1996 to 15 years in prison on charges of being a "counter-revolutionary ring leader" and endangering national security.

The Chinese authorities added three more years to his sentence in 2004 for "inciting separatism" when he shouted in prison for the long life of Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India's Dharamsala hill town.

Jigme Gyatso was due to be released in March 2014.

Many international human rights groups had protested his jailing or campaigned on his behalf, including Amnesty International which designated him a prisoner of conscience after accusing the Chinese authorities of beating and torturing him in prison. He was also hospitalized for a unknown period during his imprisonment.

A year after he was sentenced, he was beaten so badly that he could barely walk afterwards, Amnesty had said in one of its reports.

"After he was released from prison, Jigme Gyatso was ordered to leave for his hometown and reached his hometown on April 1 with a police escort," the Tibetan source said.

“Those who saw him reported that he was very weak. He was limping and reported having heart problems and high blood pressure. His vision was also weak,” Jigme Gyatso's friend, Jamyang Tsultrim, who is living in exile in India, told RFA, citing local contacts.

Violent response

In May 1998, Jigme Gyatso was among a group of prisoners in Lhasa’s Drapchi prison who began shouting pro-Dalai Lama slogans, prompting a violent response from prison staff which resulted in the death of nine inmates, reports had said.

The protest coincided with a European Union delegation's visit to the prison.

The U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture met with Jigme Gyatso during his mission to China in November 2005 and appealed to the Chinese authorities for his release.

Following that, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stated that his detention was arbitrary and violated his rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly.

The World Organisation Against Torture, a large coalition of non-governmental organizations fighting against arbitrary detention, torture, extrajudicial executions, and other forms of violence, reported in 2009 that Jigme Gyatso had become "very frail," suffered from kidney dysfunction, and could "only walk with his back bent."

Amnesty said in 2011 that he was suspected to be "seriously ill as a result of torture and ill-treatment in custody."

Reported by Lumbum Tashi for RFA's Tibetan Service. Translated by Karma Dorjee. Written in English by Parameswaran Ponnudurai.
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Une confusion était possible mais il ne s'agit pas de Jigme Gyatso emprisonné en tant qu'assistant de Dhondup Wangchen, , ( également emprisonné ) réalisateur de Leaving Fear Behind, un film de 2008 qui demande l'avis des Tibétains au sujet des Jeux Olympiques de Pékin.

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Vendredi 22 mars 2013, par Communauté Tibétaine // Actualités

PHAYUL

Popular Tibetan singer Lo Lo sentenced to six years

Phayul[Wednesday, March 13, 2013 19:43]

Popular Tibetan singer Lo Lo sentenced to six years for singing politically charged songs. DHARAMSHALA, March 13: A Chinese court in eastern Tibet has sentenced a popular Tibetan singer Lo Lo, 30, to six years in prison for his ‘crimes’ of singing politically charged songs calling for Tibet’s independence. According to Lobsang Sangyal, an exiled monk in south India, the court sentencing came days after the singer was re-arrested on February 23. “Lo Lo’s current condition and his whereabouts are not yet known,” Sangyal told Phayul. The popular Tibetan singer was first arrested on April 19, 2012 following the release of his album titled “Raise the flag of Tibet, sons of the snow.” However, he was released after a short detention. The title song of the singer’s album calls for independence of Tibet, the “return of the saviour” and reunion of the Tibetan people – messages that are common to the slogans raised by the 107 Tibetans who have self-immolated since 2009. “To promote loyalty to the Land of Snows, For the complete independence of Tibet, With a realised understanding of our objectives, Raise the flag of Tibet- sons of the snow,” a portion of the lyrics reads. Lo Lo is a native of Dragkar in Keygudo region of eastern Tibet. He is son of Jamyang Choegyal and Choekyi Dolma. Tibetan singers, writers, and artists promoting Tibetan national identity and culture have been the target of China’s ongoing crackdown on intellectuals, especially after the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In February last year, Tibetan singer, Ugyen Tenzin was arrested by Chinese authorities for praising His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the elected leader of the Tibetan people Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay. Another singer, Chogsel, was also arrested and banned from singing on charges of threatening social stability. In August last year, the exile Tibetan administration submitted a detailed profile of 64 Tibetan intellectuals to the UN Special Rapporteur in Geneva and urged for necessary inquiry into their cases. Calling the ongoing crackdown on Tibetan artists and intellectuals the “harshest” since the Cultural Revolution, the Central Tibetan Administration said that at least 24 Tibetans intellectuals have been given sentences ranging from few months to life imprisonment for exercising their freedom of expression. “This new generation of young Tibetans born and educated under Chinese Communist rule have edited banned magazines and are tech-savvy bloggers imprisoned for gathering, expressing and sharing information about conditions in Tibet especially after the March 2008 demonstrations across Tibet,” CTA said. The exile Tibetan administration noted that the whereabouts of about 37 Tibetan intellectuals remain unknown, while 12 intellectuals were released on fear of custodial death after excessive torture during detention by the Chinese authorities. “Raise the Tibetan Flag, Children of the Snowland” by Lolo For the sake of protecting Tibet’s independence Our Kings resisted the red Chinese leaders From the true meaning of the middle path Raise the Tibetan flag, children of the Snowland! For the sake of honouring the Snowland And to win Tibet’s complete independence Based on the manifold truth Raise the Tibetan flag, children of the Snowland! For the sake of the return of the Protector For the sake of uniting Tibetans home and abroad From the wounds of the souls in flames Raise the Tibetan flag, children of the Snowland! This snow lion and snow mountain adorned flag Is the national flag of the Tibetan people Avenge those departed for the sake of Tibet Raise the Tibetan flag, children of the Snowland! Raise the Tibetan flag, children of the Snowland! [Translation by High Peaks Pure Earth]

Jean-Patrick Gilles est le co-président du groupe Tibet à l'Assemblée Nationale 

 (video de Ling Lhamo)