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INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET
harmonious Ngaba’, and diligently examine and set standards for the maintenance of
social stability. They should profoundly recognise the strenuous nature, the turbulent
nature and the long term nature of the present struggle. They should not retain
any lack of clarity in their thinking, nor any hesitation in their actions. Their resolution
should not waver. With clear outlook, unambiguous flag-waving and confidence
in their ability to succeed, they should affirm a high degree of solidarity in thinking
and motivation with the Party central leadership and provincial and prefectural Party
organs, strengthening the attitude of personal responsibility for the struggle against
Splittism with firm resolution, in defence of the political stability of Ngaba prefecture.”
(Ngaba prefecture People’s Government website April 30, 2008.)
A message of reconciliation from the heart of the crackdown:
the Kirti monks
“Everyone can see that no matter what happens with the Tibetan issue,
Tibetans and Chinese have to live side by side as neighbors.”
Monks at Kirti monastery in Ngaba prefecture, where at least 10 Tibetans were shot
dead during protests, applied for special permission to hold prayers for the Chinese
people killed during the earthquake that shook Sichuan on May 12. They also sent a
moving and bold message from inside the monastery expressing compassion for those
who died, and explaining that their protests had not been aimed at the Chinese people,
but at the government. 2
Transcript of statement by Kirti monks, May 15, 2008
The message was dictated in Tibetan to monks in exile. A copy received by ICT is
translated into English below. 3 On the day the message was sent, special religious
ceremonies were held to help alleviate the destruction wrought by the earthquake.
New message: to all the knowledgeable bodies
To all the compassionate ones and to those who are working for others, wherever
they are on the entire planet, and to all the compassionate beings born from a mother,
and to all the venerable monks who give life meaning. To all the developed countries
in the world, and all the notable educational centers, and to all others who respect
the law of cause and effect (karma) and religious faiths, I have a message to you from
the bottom of my heart.
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