Name
Tibet Information Network (Collector)
Title
Dawa (a.k.a. Tsomoling Dawa) arrested by police after demonstration in Lhasa, 1988
Abstract
Photograph of Dawa (a.k.a. Tsomoling Dawa), a former monk of Sera Monastery, arrested by police after demonstration in Lhasa.
Collection Name
Tibet Information Network (TIN) Archive
Subjects
Militarization of police; Human rights; Tibetans; Lhasa (China); Dawa, a.k.a. Tsomoling Dawa
Format
photographs
Genre
Documentary photographs
Date
10 December 1988
Physical Description
12.7 x 17.7 cm
Note
TIN caption: "Demonstrator arrested by police: Dawa, aka Tsomoling Dawa, born 1936 in Lhasa, a former monk of Sera. He was interrogated after shouting slogans welcoming the delegation of the exile Tibetan Government in 1980, and seems to have been rel eased on 27 February 1987. He was re-arrested during the demonstration on 10 December 1988. The Aftermath of the Protest, Set 3, Photo 1 Annotation on back: Demonstrator arrested by the police: Dawa, aka Tsomoling Dawa, born 1936 in Lhasa, former monk of Sera. He was interrogated after shouting slogans welcoming the delegation of the exile Tibetan Government in 1980, and seems to have been released on 27th February 1987. He was re-arrested during the demonstration on 10th December 1988. First Western release of photos - 10 April 1991
Language
English
Library Location
C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Also In
Tibetan Studies Special Collections at Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-5yvj-5g27