China arrests two for communicating with Tibetans in exile
By Choekyi Lhamo
DHARAMSHALA, Apr. 29: Two Tibetans have reportedly been arrested for communicating with exile Tibetans in Eastern Tibet on April 16, according to rights group
Tibet Watch. Samten Sangpo and Tsultrim from Machen County in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture were arrested for communicating with exiled Tibetans through the micro messaging app WeChat.
The current whereabouts and the condition of the two men are not known. According to the report, they were last seen when the authorities in Tridu County (Ch: Chenduo) handed them over to Machen County police. Both the detainees are relatives; Tsultrim is Samten’s brother-in-law.
Tibet Fast Facts
About Tibet
Capital: Lhasa
Language: Tibetan
Government (China): Governed by the Chinese Communist Party; the head of state is President Xi Jinping.
Government (Exiled): Centered in Dharamsala, India, includes a popularly elected assembly of deputies, ministers, a cabinet chairman (similar to a prime minister).
Facts
Tibet is an internationally recognized autonomous region within the People’s Republic of China, though many Tibetans dispute the legitimacy of China’s rule.
Tibet is officially called the Tibet (Xizang) Autonomous Region (TAR).
The Tibet Autonomous Region lies in the Plateau of Tibet, also called the Tibetan Highlands, which also includes portions of China’s Qinghai and Sichuan provinces and the Uygur Autonomous Region Xinjiang. A little more than half of the Plateau of Tibet lies outside of the TAR.