Crackdown 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 Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region...
Chinese 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 to hand over the...
Self-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 its annual sessions of...
Increased 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 Model Monastery' in Tibet....
Three Tibetan writers detained, one sentenced
On 15 February 2012, popular Tibetan writer Gangkye Drubpa Kyab was detained by Chinese security personnel. On the night of 15 February, a team...
Teenage self-immolation death in Dzamthang
On 19 February 2012, yet another Tibetan teenager set himself ablaze and reportedly died protesting against the Chinese government, in Barma Village, Dzamthang County,...
Former monk disciplinarian dies of self-immolation
A former monk disciplinarian at Bongtak Monastery has died of self-immolation in Tso-ngon (Ch: Qinghai) Province.
On 17 February 2012 at around 6 a.m (Tibet...
Jigme Gyatso impending sentence: arrest warrant surfaces
Jigme, also known as Jigme Gyatso, the intrepid monk from Labrang Monastery who exposed Chinese brutality to the outside world might be sentenced soon,...
Ten of 27 known journalists jailed in China are Tibetans
As the Chinese authorities continue to ban access to journalists attempting to report on the situation inside Tibet, a global annual census on imprisoned...
One More Teenage Self-immolation in Ngaba
On 13 February at about 2.30 pm (Tibet Time), 19-year-old Lobsang Gyatso set himself on fire at the main street of Ngaba town shouting...
