Four Tibetan youth in Drokshog township, Nangchen county, Qinghai province, were arrested July 26 by the Chinese Public Security Bureau (PSB) agents for protesting against the local Summer Festival planned by the government to celebrate the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. The four shouted slogans in the presence of a large number of local government officials at the festival’s opening. Slogans included “We want freedom,” “Dalai Lama return to Tibet” and “this is not the year to celebrate as Tibetans have suffered untold repression under the Chinese regime, rather it is time to mourn and offer prayers” for those killed and imprisoned. Following their detention, Drokshog residents wrote a letter to the county authorities calling for their immediate release, and an ongoing vigil was launched at the detention center. As of now, there is no further information on the four arrested Tibetans. (TCHRD, July 30)
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