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Again Nepalese Police Stop Tibetans From Voting
By KTM Metro Reporter
February 17, 2011: seizing ballot boxes, Nepalese riot police have prevented Tibetan exiles living in Nepal from holding elections to new leaders of the Tibetan Welfare Association called Chushi Gangdruk set up for looking after veterans of the fight against Chinese occupation of Tibet in the 1950s and 1960s.
The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) based in New York has condemned the actions of the Nepalese police for denying the Tibetan exiles to enjoy the fundamental human rights to participate in the peaceful elections to the leaders of their community organization. This is not the first time, the Nepalese police have forcibly seized the ballot boxes, but they had also seized ballot boxes when elections to the Tibetan parliament in exile were held about three months ago.
"Regular elections in the Chushi Gangdruk organisation have taken place for many decades, and members responsible for the elections worked with care and discretion to avoid provoking authorities," said the ICT.
Nepalese police have raided the polling centers at Svoyambhu, Jawalakhel and Boudha in Kathmandu at the time of voting for a new leadership of Chushi Gangdruk.
Nepal adopts one-China policy means Tibet and Taiwan are the integral parts of the People’s Republic of China but the Government of Nepal should not violate the fundamental human rights of the Tibetans in Nepal not allowing them to participate in their peaceful elections.
