{"id":12897,"date":"2023-04-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/police-use-banner-to-hide-protest-by-imprisoned-tibetans-sister\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T22:00:00","slug":"police-use-banner-to-hide-protest-by-imprisoned-tibetans-sister","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/police-use-banner-to-hide-protest-by-imprisoned-tibetans-sister\/","title":{"rendered":"Police use banner to hide protest by imprisoned Tibetan\u2019s sister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apparently undeterred by a police beating during her protest a little over one month ago, Gonpo Kyi (Chinese: Gongbao Ji), elder sister of imprisoned former Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, returned to protest in front of the Tibet Autonomous Region Higher People\u2019s Court on 23 April 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an apparent change of tactics this time, Chinese police surrounded Gonpo Kyi (also known as \u201cGontey\u201d) with a large black police banner to hide her protest from public view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sixth protest<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gonpo Kyi\u2019s latest protest is her sixth known protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After her last protest on 20 March 2023, police <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/chinese-police-beat-protesting-sister-of-imprisoned-tibetan-businessman\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">detained Gonpo and beat her<\/a>. Bruises could be seen on her arm afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gonpo, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/family-of-famous-imprisoned-tibetan-businessman-campaign-for-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video statement<\/a> in June 2022, pledged that she will continue her protest to seek justice for her unjustly imprisoned brother until he is freed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change in tactic<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video clips of the latest protest obtained by the International Campaign for Tibet show police officers hiding Gonpo Kyi from public view by surrounding her with a large black police banner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the second clip, Gonpo can be seen pulling the banner wall down with her left hand, while her right hand is holding a sheet of paper with, for the viewer, illegible messages, most likely in support of her brother. A man filming the video clip can be heard saying in Tibetan that Dorjee Tashi\u2019s sister is protesting her brother\u2019s unjust imprisonment and asking for a fair retrial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Police use banner to hide protest by imprisoned Tibetan\u2019s sister 01\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nB4HlKFjlRE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tactic replication in Tibet<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the height of the Chinese people\u2019s protest against the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s zero-COVID strategy and the A4 white paper protest movement, Chinese police conducted drills to deter potential protesters and also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whyyoutouzhele\/status\/1626224736568225792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1626224736568225792%7Ctwgr%5E078a20d9856af80fc6c50bdefdd185bcf85defa2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2023%2Ffeb%2F17%2Fvideo-china-white-paper-protest-training-exercise-police-officers\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">put into practice<\/a> the tactic of surrounding a protesting crowd with large police banners to hide them from view and to contain the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The use of the banner wall tactic by police during Gonpo Kyi\u2019s most recent protest is presumably a replication of these tactics for the first time in Tibet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dorjee Tashi<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, the International Campaign for Tibet documented the <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/testimony-reveals-pre-trial-torture-of-tibetan-businessman-philanthropist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">torture<\/a> experienced by Dorjee Tashi, a well-known former Tibetan businessman and philanthropist during his pre-trial detention, and his family\u2019s pursuit of justice for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dorjee Tashi is currently being held in the Tibet Autonomous Region Prison No.1, also known as Drapchi Prison, where Tibetan prisoners are reportedly subjected to torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the European Union and the United States have expressed concerns about Dorjee Tashi\u2019s arbitrary detention, with the EU calling for his immediate and unconditional release during the 51st session of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/delegations\/un-geneva\/hrc-51-eu-statement-item-4-general-debate-human-rights-situations-require_en?s=62\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UN Human Rights Council<\/a> in September-October 2022. The detention of Dorjee Tashi was also acknowledged in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices\/china\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2021<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices\/china\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2022<\/a> Country Reports on Human Rights Practices by the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Campaign for Tibet urges the global community to keep advocating for the release of Dorjee Tashi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently undeterred by a police beating during her protest a little over one month ago, Gonpo Kyi (Chinese: Gongbao Ji), elder sister of imprisoned former Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, returned to protest in front of the Tibet Autonomous Region Higher People\u2019s Court on 23 April 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12898,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[45,691],"news_tag":[709],"class_list":["post-12897","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-inside-tibet","categorie-news","news_tag-political-prisoners"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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