• One More Tibetan Intellectual Arrested – 22 August 2010

Kalsang Tsultrim, remembered for his widely distributed video testimonial in 2009, was recently arrested on 7 July 2010 at Dzoge County in Sichuan Province. Though enquiries have been made by family members, no response or reasons have been given by the officials for his arrest. But his arrest is not unexpected. Kalsang, better known by his pseudonym Gyitsang Takmig, has been suspected of committing political error and has been on the move for at least a year to remain safe from the authorities.

• China holds conferences on Tibet’s public security and monastic activities – 21 August 2010

The Public Security Ministry of People’s Republic of China (PRC) organized a two-day meeting of Public Security Bureaus of the ethnic Tibetan areas in present-day China covering the “Tibet Autonomous Region” (“TAR”) and the four provinces, according to the news portal Chinatibetnews.com on 20 August 2010 . The two-day meeting held in Lhasa between 18-19 August 2010 assessed the results and experiences of “upholding public security, struggle against the current separatist movement, and identified current challenges facing stability in Tibetan areas.”

• Six Family Members Arbitrarily Detained and Sentenced Over Their Activism – 9 July 2010

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) strongly condemns the Chinese authorities’ incomprehensible attack on Karma Samdrup and several members his family. In a span of less than one year, six members (three brothers and three cousins, all male) of a single family have been arrested, sentenced, and reportedly tortured—actions which can only be characterized as official reprisal for their activism. Four of the six are serving prison or “re-education through labor” sentences; at this time the whereabouts and well-being of two others remain unknown.

• TCHRD commemorates 13th UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – 26 June 2010

The United Nations has designated 26 June as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and today marks the 13th anniversary of the day. Attaching importance to this anniversary, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) commemorates the day to stand in solidarity with the victims of torture and recognize the pain and suffering of victims and survivors of torture throughout the world. The day reminds us that torture is a crime and provides us with an opportunity to stand united and voice our opinion against torture, a cruel violation of human rights and human dignity.

• Lhasa Court sentences one Tibetan to death and five to lengthy prison terms – 26 May 2010

Lhasa Intermediate People’s Court sentenced a Tibetan, Sonam Tsering, to death with two years reprieve and five other Tibetans to lengthy imprisonment terms between 3 to 7 years in prison for secretly hiding him from the law enforcement agencies.

• China arrest six monks in early morning raids in Jomda – 19 May 2010

Four monks of Wara Monastery in Thangpu Township, Jomda County (Ch: Jiangda xian) in Chamdo Prefecture, “Tibet Autonomous Region” (‘TAR’) were arrested last Saturday (15 May) under suspicion of leading and instigating protest at the county headquarters in Spring 2008 and two other official monks of the same monastery were arrested on Sunday for their failure to ‘educate’ the monks under ‘Patriotic education’ campaign, according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).

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