Ngawa County
Encyclopedia
Ngawa County or Aba or Ngaba, is a county of Sichuan Province
, China
. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
. It is located in the remote northwestern part of the prefecture, on the border with Qinghai
and Gansu
. The capital is Ngawa City.
Following Phuntsok’s self-immolation, hundreds of monks from the same monastery, Kirti monastery in Ngaba County, and other local residents
staged another protest. Several of them were briefly detained and many others have since been taken into custody. Lobsang Choepel, 24, and
Lobsang Ngodup, 32, both monks from Kirti monastery were detained on around 30 March. Two other monks from Kirti monastery, Dhonyoe Dorjee,
aged around 34, and Tenzin Gyamtso, 27, were detained on 8 April. All were detained at the monastery and are believed to be held at the
Ngaba county police detention centre.
The police in Beijing detained Lobsang Tsepak on 25 March. He is a former Kirti monastery monk, studying at the Central University for
Nationalities (Minzu University) in Beijing. A-dor, 35, Dorjee, around 35, Palko, 40, and Woesel Dorjee, 28, were all detained on 23 March in the neighbouring Namda Township in Dzamthang County by the county police. They are believed to be held at the county police detention centre. The four had taken part in a demonstration in Dzamthang County, in solidarity with the monks in Ngaba County.
On 12 April, the authorities detained the brother and uncle of Phuntsok, the monk who self-immolated – Lobsang Dhargay, 22, and
Lobsang Tsondue, around 46. Both had previously been detained on 22 March and released on 25 March. They are also believed to be held at
Ngaba county police detention centre.
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
The Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan, whose capital is Barkam town . It has an area of 83,201 km²....
. It is located in the remote northwestern part of the prefecture, on the border with Qinghai
Qinghai
Qinghai ; Oirat Mongolian: ; ; Salar:) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake...
and Gansu
Gansu
' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east...
. The capital is Ngawa City.
Conflict
On 16 March, a 20-year-old Tibetan monk called Phuntsok set fire to himself at a market, in protest against allegedly repressive government policies in Tibet Autonomous Region and other Tibetan populated areas in China. He died in hospital early in the morning of 17 March.Following Phuntsok’s self-immolation, hundreds of monks from the same monastery, Kirti monastery in Ngaba County, and other local residents
staged another protest. Several of them were briefly detained and many others have since been taken into custody. Lobsang Choepel, 24, and
Lobsang Ngodup, 32, both monks from Kirti monastery were detained on around 30 March. Two other monks from Kirti monastery, Dhonyoe Dorjee,
aged around 34, and Tenzin Gyamtso, 27, were detained on 8 April. All were detained at the monastery and are believed to be held at the
Ngaba county police detention centre.
The police in Beijing detained Lobsang Tsepak on 25 March. He is a former Kirti monastery monk, studying at the Central University for
Nationalities (Minzu University) in Beijing. A-dor, 35, Dorjee, around 35, Palko, 40, and Woesel Dorjee, 28, were all detained on 23 March in the neighbouring Namda Township in Dzamthang County by the county police. They are believed to be held at the county police detention centre. The four had taken part in a demonstration in Dzamthang County, in solidarity with the monks in Ngaba County.
On 12 April, the authorities detained the brother and uncle of Phuntsok, the monk who self-immolated – Lobsang Dhargay, 22, and
Lobsang Tsondue, around 46. Both had previously been detained on 22 March and released on 25 March. They are also believed to be held at
Ngaba county police detention centre.