Self-immolation protests continue: Tibetan monk sets self on fire
A 20-yr-old monk of Kirti Monastery set himself on fire in the county town of Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) County, Ngaba…
Read MoreFour Tibetan environmental activists arrested in Tawu
Four Tibetan environmental activists, all members of the locally-founded Tawu Environmental Protection Association, were arrested in mid-February 2012 by the…
Read MoreTibetan NGO worker serving life sentence surfaces in Lhasa hospital
Wangdue, a Tibetan NGO activist, who was sentenced to life in 2008 during the widespread protests in Tibet, was recently…
Read MoreMonk self-immolates on Tibetan uprising anniversary
A Tibetan monk has self-immolated in protest today, on the 2008 Uprising Anniversary, at around 10.30 a.m (Tibet Time) at…
Read MorePolice beat Tibetan protesters with batons, rifle butt
On 7 March 2012, Khedup Dorjee, a monk at Za-Samdrup Monastery in Kardze County, was severely beaten by security officers…
Read MoreTeenage Tibetan monk self-immolates on protest anniversary
On 10 March 2012, which is also the 53rd Tibetan National Uprising Day, a teenage Tibetan monk from Kirti Monastery set…
Read MoreCrackdown on monks for freedom leaflets in Sog County
Five Tibetan monks from Sog Tsenden Monastery were arrested by the local Public Security Bureau officers in Sog County, Nagchu…
Read MoreChinese government cadres take over Tibetan monasteries
A number of Tibetan monasteries in Nagchu (Chinese: Naqu) Prefecture’s Diru County in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have been forced…
Read MoreSelf-immolation shadow over China’s two sessions
Three Tibetans, a 32-yr-old widowed mother of four and two teenagers, died of self-immolation in separate incidents as China convened…
Read MoreIncreased religious repression forces monks to flee, monasteries to close
Beginning October 2011, the ‘work teams’ instituted by the Chinese authorities have launched campaigns such as ‘Nine Must-Haves’ and ‘Harmonious…
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