Monk escapes Tibet after friend dies of self-immolation protest
Jigme Gyaltsen, 21, was a monk at Rongwo Monastery in Rebkong (Ch: Tongren) County in Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. He...
Kirti Monastery monk dies of self-immolation protest in Ngaba
According to confirmed information received by TCHRD, on 2 February, at around 6 am, a monk named Lobsang Namgyal, 37, from Kirti Monastery in...
Tibetans ordered to celebrate festival or face punishment
As Tibetans in Tibet mourn the loss of lives in self-immolation protests by observing a quiet Losar (Tibetan New Year), the Chinese authorities are...
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 ante on propaganda offensive...
Painful 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 crackdown on a protest...
Buddhist 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 being the ‘ring leader’...
Labrang 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 international and Chinese journalists...
China 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 on fire in protest...
Six 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 the Chinese government-owned news...
Tibetans 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, the Chinese authorities have...
