China announces unprecedented harsh measures to deter self-immolations in Tibet’s Dzoege County
In April 2013, the local government in Dzoege (Ch: Ru-ergai) County in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture…
Read MoreA year after arrest, monk sentenced to 6 years in prison over self-immolation
A Tibetan monk has been sentenced to six years in prison over self-immolation protest, more than a year after his…
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 MoreTibetan man sentenced to death over wife’s self-immolation
In a deepening crackdown on self-immolation protests, Chinese authorities in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province,…
Read MoreTeenage monk dies of burning protest; fate of body unknown
A Tibetan monk, Kunchok Sonam, 18, died after setting himself on fire to protest China’s repressive policy in Dzoege (Ch:…
Read MoreRefugee Testimony: Former disciple of disappeared Buddhist scholar escapes Tibet
Tenzin Dawa (name changed), 36, is a Tibetan monk from Barmi Monastery in Tsongru (Ch: Chonger) Township of Dzoege (Ch:…
Read MoreChina sentences Tibetan monk to 10 yrs in prison
A Tibetan monk from the restive Nyatso Zilkar Monastery has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Dzatoe (Ch:…
Read MoreNun dies of self-immolation, family placed under house arrest
According to sources inside Tibet, on 11 June, Wangchen Dolma, a nun from Tawu (Ch: Daofu) County in Kardze (Ch:…
Read MoreTwo monks sentenced to 3 yrs in prison for holding prayers for self-immolator
The relentless crackdown on self-immolation protests in Tibet continued when Chinese authorities sentenced two Tibetan monks to three years in…
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My words are not tainted by lies and deception: Gartse Jigme
Imprisoned Tibetan monk and writer Gartse Jigme in a heartfelt appeal calls on the Chinese government to reach out to…
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