CHINA-INTERNAL: TIBETANS IN QINGHAI
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On August 8, 2017, in some areas of Darlag county in Golog, officials began implementation of a new policy to move nomads off their summer grazing land. August 23 was set as the deadline, by which most nomads were able to leave but some did not meet the deadline. Radio free Asia quoted a source as saying: “So the officials brought in armed police to threaten the nomads who remained, finally forcing them from the land and fining each of them 1,000 yuan [U.S. $152] for failing to obey the order. They were also told that anyone still left behind would be jailed.” The Tibetan herders have reportedly now made a rare appeal to the Chinese authorities saying that the orders are illegal in the context of Chinese law. In their appeal, written by ‘the people of Dernang’ in a county in Golog and addressed to “The respected senior leaders of the People’s Republic of China, and concerned departments”, the Tibetan nomads write: “Taking away citizens’ rights to pastureland is against the constitution". They have listed 6 reasons.
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