Anti self-immolation propaganda now part of China’s ‘patriotic education’ campaign
After engaging in severe and systematic crackdown on self-immolation protests last year, the Chinese government has now stepped up the…
Read MorePainful death for Tibetan man injured in police violence
A Tibetan man died a slow and agonising death, almost eight months after he was injured in a violent police…
Read MoreBuddhist scholar serving 20-yr sentence remain ‘missing’ for four years
Venerable Kunchok Nyima is a well-respected Buddhist scholar at Drepung Monastic University. In April 2008, he was detained on charges of…
Read MoreLabrang monk Jayang Jinpa reflects on his daring 2008 protest
Jayang Jinpa, 26, was among the 15 Tibetan monks who staged a daring protest in front of a group of…
Read MoreChina detains uncle of Tibetan self-immolator in Rebkong
Amid news of heightened restrictions and increased detention, an uncle of Dorjee Lhundup, a Tibetan farmer who set his body…
Read MoreSix Tibetans sentenced up to 12 yrs over self-immolation
A Chinese court has given heavy prison terms to six Tibetans “for their roles in an October self-immolation case,” reported…
Read MoreTibetans sentenced for ‘murder’ at show trial to discredit self-immolation protests
In the backdrop of relentless crackdown on self-immolation protests including arbitrary arrests, detention, intimidation, monetary inducements and long prison terms,…
Read MoreCrackdown on satellite dishes, broadcast equipment deepens in Tibet
Chinese authorities have now heightened the campaign to eradicate all avenues of receiving Tibet-related radio and TV news available on…
Read MoreChina intensifies ban on religious gatherings after third self-immolation
Chinese authorities have intensified the ban on holding religious rituals for those who die of self-immolation protests as another Tibetan,…
Read MoreChina sentences four Tibetan monks to long prison terms
Four monks from Gyalrong Tsodun Monastery have been sentenced to long prison terms by the Barkham Intermediate People’s Court in…
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