Dharamsala: The Department of Information and International Relations, Tibetan government in exile, organized a press conference today featuring 4 newly-arrived Tibetan refugees who partook in the March 2008 peaceful protests in Karze county, eastern Tibet. About 30 representatives of the international press were present. Tsewang Dhondup shared his experiences at the conference. He joined the 24 March 2008 peaceful protests against the Chinese government because he was unable to accept China’s claim of having liberated Tibet or its efforts to indoctrinate Tibetans, including young children, to denounce His Holiness the Dalai Lama.  “During the Cultural Revolution period, my grandfather Dampa was arrested and detained for 8 months on the charge of displaying a photograph of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in his home.

Dharamsala: Tsering Samdup is an ex-political prisoner of 6 years whose mother and sister were arrested last year following the uprisings in Tibet. "I was born in Phenpo, north of Lhasa, in 1986. In 1994 I partook in a demonstration in Lhasa, chanting the slogans: 'Independence for Tibet,' 'China out of Tibet,' 'Long Live His Holiness the Dalai Lama,' "Human Rights and Freedom of Religion in Tibet.' We protested for 5 minutes before 11 district police officers arrested my 3 fellow protesters and me by holding our hands behind our backs. We continued to chant slogans, and they responded by inserting their fingers into our mouths. When we arrived at the police station near the great temple in Lhasa, 15 additional officers beat us with belts and ashtrays.

Dharamshala: According to a resource from Tibet, at 11am, 24 May, 2009, Tibetan residents of Tao county and Nyagchu county eastern Tibet congregated to stand against relocation, the confrontation ended in a deadly clash with the Chinese police.  Chinese armed paramilitaries shot into the unarmed crowd and critically wounded six Tibetan women, their whereabouts and the health status is unknown.

Dharamsala: Tsering, a Tibetan researcher and monk from the Kirti monastery, eastern Tibet recounted his experiencesin Tibet during the nationwide unrest last March with a gathering of foreigners in Dharamsala, India yesterday: "I spent the first 19 years of my life in Tibet. Last year I collected information regarding the March protests in Ngaba county, eastern Tibet, my native region. After the 10th of March, larger protests ensued; the most prevalent took place on the 14th of March. On the 7th of February, one monk burned himself alive.