{"id":12171,"date":"2018-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/ict-report-uses-satellite-images-to-reveal-prison-state-in-tibets-capital\/"},"modified":"2018-10-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T22:00:00","slug":"ict-report-uses-satellite-images-to-reveal-prison-state-in-tibets-capital","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/ict-report-uses-satellite-images-to-reveal-prison-state-in-tibets-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT report uses satellite images to reveal prison state in Tibet\u2019s capital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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On one side is a luxury hotel with a pyramid design and the word \u201cParadise\u201d in its title.<\/p>\n

On the other side, there\u2019s hell on earth: a prison where Tibetan monks, nuns and laypeople are tortured and sexually abused.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the perfect illustration of China\u2019s double-edged drive to remake Lhasa, Tibet\u2019s ancient capital, into a dream tourist destination while using nightmarish police tactics to crush the Tibetan people.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s just one of several startling images in the International Campaign for Tibet\u2019s new report, \u201cChina\u2019s Control State in Lhasa.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report, published today, uses satellite imagery to reveal China\u2019s dramatic remodeling of Lhasa as a hub of hyper-securitization while the Chinese government encourages a tourist boom.<\/p>\n

\u201cChinese authorities have developed a terrifying and unprecedented system of total surveillance and oppressive control, and at the same time, they are actively marketing Tibet as a Shangri-La destination in the clouds to Chinese and international tourists,<\/em>\u201d said ICT President Matteo Mecacci. \u201cWhat is needed instead is public acknowledgment of torture and ill-treatment of so many Tibetans.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

However, China has been preventing officials from the United Nations and foreign governments from accessing Tibet, including to investigate the conditions of Tibetan political prisoners. The Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act<\/a>, which was passed by the House of Representatives on Sept. 25, would help to change this situation. The Senate now needs to pass the bill.<\/p>\n\n

Arrested for peaceful protest, then imprisoned next to a luxury resort<\/h4>\n

That need is on vivid display at the Gutsa Detention Center, which is notorious for violent interrogation techniques.<\/p>\n

Gutsa serves as the initial detention center for thousands of Tibetans imprisoned over the years for involvement in peaceful protest or for such actions as celebrating the Dalai Lama\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n

Former prisoners at Gutsa report being tortured with electric batons\u2014sometimes nearly to the point of death\u2014attacked by dogs and given shock treatment while hanging naked from a ceiling. One nun said the shocks she received were so bad that they flung her across the room.<\/p>\n

ICT\u2019s report shows that Gutsa is adjacent to the InterContinental Lhasa Paradise, a five-star hotel that was opened by a British chain whose website touts the company\u2019s \u201ccommitment to Responsible Business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given the height of the hotel\u2019s pyramidal structure, which was designed to emulate Tibet\u2019s snow peaks, it is conceivable that guests there may be able to see into Gutsa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe contrast could not be more profound,<\/em>\u201d Mecacci said, \u201ca hellish prison that makes Tibetans shudder to recall what they endured within its cells, and a luxury hotel named Paradise on the Roof of the World. There can surely be no more sobering example of the priorities of the Chinese government in Tibet.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Plans to expand tourism and security<\/h4>\n

The InterContinental is not the only globally branded hotel in Lhasa. Others, including the Starwood St. Regis and the \u2018Four Points\u2019 by Sheraton, also have a presence there.<\/p>\n

A recent Tourism and Culture Expo in Lhasa revealed China\u2019s plans to increase tourism in the city while maintaining the intense security state that has destroyed the lives of numerous Tibetans.<\/p>\n

\u201cGutsa and other torture-ridden detention centers in Tibet must be shut down,<\/em>\u201d Mecacci said. \u201cWithout that, the wounds of the Tibetan people are not going to heal.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Download ICT\u2019s new report, China\u2019s Control State in Lhasa<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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