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201 ‘Dangerous Crossing: conditions impacting the flight of Tibetan Refugees 2009 Update,’ International Campaign for Tibet,
17 June 2010, http://www.savetibet.org/files/documents/Dangerous%20Crossing%202009.pdf
202 “Nepal arrests Tibet leaders ahead of Delhi rallies,” The Times of India, October 17, 2011, available at: http://articles.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-17/south-asia/30289007_1_tibetan-refugee-welfare-office-nepal-police-thinley-gyatso.
203 “Police Arresting Tibetans Arbitrarily,” Republica, February 28, 2009, available at: http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/
index.php?action=news_details&news_id=2303.
204 ICT group interview with four young Tibetans in their late teens/early twenties, Pokhara, Nepal, January 2011.
205 ICT interview, February 2010.
206 International Campaign for Tibet, “A Fragile Welcome: China’s Influence on Nepal and its Impact on Tibetans,” ICT, June
19, 2010, available at: http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/ict-news-reports/fragile-welcome-china%E2%80%99s-influence-nepal-and-its-impact-tibetans.
207 Officers on HURON’s Tibet Desk maintain strong links with Tibetan community leaders and are often on the front line after
detentions are made, organizing lawyers, contacting other organizations and, in many instances, paying fines. A typical example
of their work was when HURON recorded a total of 29 Tibetans detained within a period of five days from February
4-9, 2010. According to HURON, many of the Tibetans were accused of illegally entering and living in Nepal without proper
documentation. Five of the 29 were detained in a search of the Boudhanath Guest House in the Boudha area in the middle
of the night. Most were released upon payment of fines by HURON.
208 Human Rights Organization Nepal (HURON), Taft Grant Report on Situation for Tibetans in Nepal, August 2011.
209 “Supreme Court Orders Release of 12 Tibetans,” ICT, July 13, 2011, available at: http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/ictnews-reports/nepal-supreme-court-orders-release-12-tibetans.
210 “Police Arresting Tibetans Arbitrarily,”’ Republica, Feb 28, 2009, available at: http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/index.
php?action=news_details&news_id=2303.
211 “Security beefed up for 51st Tibetan uprising anniversary,” The Himalayan Times, March 8, 2010.
212 “Police Arresting Tibetans Arbitrarily,”’ Republica, Feb 28, 2009, available at: http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/index.
php?
213 ICT interview with Thinlay Gyatso, March 2010
214 United States Department of State, “2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nepal,” April 8, 2011, available at:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/sca/154484.htm.
215 “Nepal: Respect basic freedoms during Tibetan holiday season: Joint Press Release,” Amnesty International, Human
Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, March 9, 2011, available at: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/
ASA31/002/2011/ne/66eebe71-49c5-46ae-a201-00fe0a274c34/asa310022011en.html.
216 United States Department of State, “2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nepal,” April 8, 2011, available at:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/sca/154484.htm.
217 ICT interview, 2012.
218 “Nepalese police seize ballot boxes from Tibetan exile election,” International Campaign for Tibet, October 3, 2010, available
at: http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/ict-news-reports/nepalese-police-seize-ballot-boxes-tibetan-exile-election.
219 “Nepal police seize ballot boxes in Kathmandu’s Tibetan community for second time,” International Campaign for Tibet,
March 16, 2011, available at: http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/ict-news-reports/nepal-police-seize-ballot-boxeskathmandus-tibetan-community-second-time.
220 United States Department of State, “2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nepal,” April 8, 2011, available at:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/sca/154484.htm.
221 “54 Tibetans detained for anti-China protests in Nepal,” The Times of India, November 1, 2011, available at: http://articles.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-01/south-asia/30345419_1_tibetan-refugees-anti-china-protests-anti-china-slogans.
222 “Police Arresting Tibetans Arbitrarily,” Republica, February, 28, 2009, available at:
http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=2303.
223 “Nepal-China info sharing cell,” ekantipur.com, August 7, 2010, available at:
http://www.ekantipur.com/2010/08/07/top-story/nepal-china-info-sharing-cell/319978.html.