Plight of Tibetan ‘substitute teachers’ in Rebkong County
In the People’s Republic of China, a ‘substitute teacher’ is someone who is employed to teach in a primary or…
Read MoreTibetan singer secretly sentenced to five years in prison amid major crackdown in Rebkong
A Tibetan singer has been secretly sentenced to five years in prison following his arbitrary detention in November 2012 in…
Read MoreChabcha student protesters sentenced up to four years
Eight Tibetan students have been sentenced to varying prison terms for “illegally holding demonstration” last year by the Chabcha (Ch:…
Read MoreChina uses religious propaganda to counter Tibetan self-immolations
In a rare departure from its usual propaganda narrative on Tibetan self-immolations, the Chinese authorities called His Holiness the Dalai…
Read MorePressure mounts on Labrang Monastery after expulsion order
Chinese authorities in Gansu Province last year issued an order to expel monks who had come from Tibetan areas outside…
Read MoreLonglife prayers for Dalai Lama removed, ban on phonecalls with outsiders
Chinese officials scraped off a longlife prayer for Dalai Lama carved on a rockface near the besieged Nyatso Zilkar Monastery…
Read MoreMonastery under siege as monks face expulsion while another detained for writing book on immolations
A monk from Tongkyap Monastery has gone ‘missing’ since his arbitrary detention earlier this month by People’s Armed Police in…
Read MoreMonk survives self-immolation but loses both legs
A Tibetan monk who self-immolated in protest against the Chinese government in February last year has survived but had both…
Read MoreChina arrests three monks, closes school in Qinghai
Three monks of Ditsa Monastery including a reincarnated lama was arbitrarily arrested and detained by the Chinese security forces under…
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