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Indications of Chinese Pressure in NepalA Calendar of Events for 2002February 15Tibetans traditionally celebrate Tibetan New Year (Losar) with a communityprayer for world peace and the display of the Dalai Lama’s portraiton the Boudhanath Stupa, the religious center of Kathmandu for TibetanBuddhists. In 2002, for the first time, local police prohibited the publicdisplay of the Dalai Lama’s portrait.March 10A small, peaceful, silent demonstration was held by a group of youngTibetans in front of the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu. The policebroke up the demonstration by beating and kicking the Tibetans. Mostof the Tibetans were loaded onto police vans and driven to far awaylocations where they were released.April 28The celebration of the 13th birthday of the Panchen Lama and a culturalshow of traditional Tibetan dances and folk songs planned by the TibetanYouth Club were ordered cancelled by the Nepalese Home Ministry.July 6A dinner in honor of the Dalai Lama’s 67th birthday at the RadissonHotel was ordered cancelled by the Home Ministry. The Dalai Lama’sRepresentative was contacted by the hotel management the eveningbefore the planned event and told that strict orders had come from thepolice “not to accept any orders for reception or entertainment from anyTibetan refugee groups.”18
July 25A press conference called by the Dalai Lama’s Representative to addressaspersions leveled by a religious sect in Kathmandu against the DalaiLama was stopped by the arrival of the Nepalese police on orders ofthe Home Ministry. Two Tibetans were arrested when they peacefullyconfronted the police. They were interrogated and released.September 2The celebration of Tibetan Democracy Day was interrupted and the DalaiLama’s Representative was taken by police and held for most of the day.December 10After informing the local police, Tibetans were allowed to observe InternationalHuman Rights Day with a prayer ceremony. Prior to the start of thefunction, police ordered the Tibetans not to use a loud speaker, not todistribute booklets, and not to make speeches with reference to China.Tibetan refugees entering India with the hope of residing in one of itsmany Tibetan settlements or Tibetan Buddhist monasteries are notensured refugee or resident status. However, in 2002, the CentralTibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (CTA) and thegovernment of India reached an agreement whereby the TRTC providesthe names and photos of new Tibetan refugees crossing the Nepal/Indiaborder on its buses, and India admits them legally. xix While the CTAauthorities are content with an improvement on India resettlement issues,anecdotal reports suggest that some new arrivals from Tibet are uneasywith this arrangement and leave for India before official processing by theUNHCR and TRTC.ENTERING INDIA19
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