Authorities have opened a number of so-called “security centers,” also known as civilian police stations, in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, in an attempt to more effectively monitor the activities of local Tibetans, according to sources.
The New York Times reported last year that there are about 700 civilian police stations throughout Xinjiang and Tibet, which are also used as community centers.
Authorities are opening many of these police stations in Lhasa and other cities in Tibet to deploy more police, said a local source who declined to be named. There are currently more than 130 such police stations in Lhasa alone, the source said.
Another source said that authorities are deploying more and more police in Lhasa to prevent Tibetans from protesting the government in the streets.
Sophie Richardson, the China director of the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch, said that these measures will further restrict Tibetans’ freedom of movement and basic human rights in Tibet.
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