As Lhasa city remains tightly under Chinese control for the fourth consecutive day, a series of new protests are occurring in the eastern part of Tibet. At around 4:00 pm (Beijing standard time), a peaceful demonstration spearheaded by more than seventy monks of Kagya Monastery turned into a major demonstration with common citizens joining in large numbers.
According to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), this afternoon at around seventy monks of Kagya Monastery, Mangra County (Ch: Guinan Xian), Tsolho (Ch: Hainan) “Tibet Autonomous Prefecture” (“TAP”) staged a peaceful demonstration carrying the banned Tibetan national flags and shouting “Independence for Tibet”. The monks were later joined by common citizens of Mangra County numbering around 500 and headed towards the County government headquarters. The situation in the area is known to be very tense with a heavy presence of PAP and PSB officials.
As of yet, there have been no reports of arrests on detentions at this particular protest. TCHRD is awaiting more updates from the area. At the time of reception of this information, there were no reports of arrest and detention at the place of demonstration. TCHRD will continue to monitor the situation and will update as and when more information surface.
