Discrimination against Tibetans in China’s policies has long been reported. Today there are signs of starker segregating policy implemented against Tibetans in certain social contexts. An undated “leaked police” guideline distributed to the hotels in Lhasa shows the Tibetans from Chamdo Prefecture, Sog, Driru and Dragchen counties of Nagchu Prefecture, Qinghai, Gansu, Yunan and Sichuan provinces require police approval to stay in the hotels.The guideline specifically exempts Chinese (Han in Chinese). Free Tibet said the source of the one-paged-document in Chinese that reveals the situation is from a “highly reliable” person in Tibet. The same document was tweeted by Beijing based Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser in December 2013. In October a similar announcement, reportedly to be from Lhasa Old Town Commend Center, shows police stations in Lhasa that were instructed to target Tibetans from “Three Eastern Counties” of Nagchu Prefecture, namely; Sog, Driru, and Drachen, and monitor them by using special secret codes.
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 05:15:02 +0000