Human Rights Update and Archives

1998

December 31: Tibet: Crackdown on humanity [ read ]; Profile: Two from the same monastery die in prison [ read ]
December 15: New arrests [ read ]; Lifestyle restrictions [ read ]; Arrest of Gyaltse Pe-Choy monks [ read ]; "Strike Hard" and arrests in Rongpo Rabten Monastery [ read ]; Three years in Trisam [ read ]; Profile: Prison torture results in deaths of two [ read ]; New Prison reported outside of Lhasa [ read ]
November 30: Ngawang Choephel transferred to Powo Tramo [ read ]; Woman in her sixties disappeared [ read ]; Tale of a former political prisoner [ read ]; Profile: 22 year-old prisoner dies shortly after release [ read ]; Religious teacher sentenced to seven years [ read ]
November 15: Hermitage destroyed and residents forced to leave [ read ]; Ngawang Choephel transferred to Drapchi prison [ read ]; Ordeal of a former political prisoner [ read ]; Abbot of Kumbum flees to the US [ read ]; Profile: Tortured for independence activity [ read ]; Lhadar [ read ]
October 31: Parents forced to bring back their children from India [ read ]; Authorities admit to shootings in Drapchi Prison [ read ]; 14-year-old minor sentenced to three years [ read ]; Profile: Solo demonstrator dies from prison beatings [ read ]; Employment cuts [ read ]; With thanks to our Sponsor [ read ]
October 15: Solitary confinement for two female political prisoners [ read ]; Lhasans also targeted [ read ]; Details on Powo Tramo [ read ]; Extension of prison term for three Drapchi inmates [ read ]; Profile: Victims of peaceful protest [ read ]; ICCPR Covenant must be actioned [ read ]
September 30: Concern for Drapchi prisoners [ read ]; 500 monks and nuns forced to leave [ read ]; Lhabrang Tashi Kyil Monastery visited by work teams [ read ]; Ala Jamyang Gyatso disappearance [ read ]; Three monks arrested / disappeared [ read ]; Work-team in Sog Tsendhen monastery [ read ]; Profile: Another Death due to Prison Beatings [ read ]; Monks and nuns expelled from reincarnate lama's hermitage [ read ]
September 15: Kumbum's Song of Sadness [ read ]; 100 monks expelled [ read ]; Employment cuts [ read ]; UN Human Rights Commissioner in Tibet [ read ]; Deforestation in Nang County [ read ]; Profile: Nun shot and dies in Drapchi Prison [ read ]
August 31: 11-year-old arrested, beaten and imprisoned [ read ]; Imprisoned for poster [ read ]; Expulsion of all the nuns at Toerong Nunnery [ read ]; New restrictions imposed in Toeshung Choephel Monastery [ read ]; "Strike Hard" and expulsions continue [ read ]; Profile: Young monk beaten to death [ read ]; Monks expelled from Pashoe Monastery [ read ]; Our sponsor for this issue [ read ]
August 15: Death toll rises in Drapchi Prison [ read ]; Hermitage closed and monk missing [ read ]; Political prisoners re-arrested [ read ]; Tibetan receives human rights award [ read ]; Profile: Man sacrifices life in demonstration [ read ]
July 31: Dead Nun Identified [ read ]; Imprisoned for having Dalai Lama's autobiography [ read ]; Extended term for prison protest [ read ]; Expulsions from Drayab Monastery [ read ]; Imprisoned mother: family ordeal [ read ]; Four monks arrested, one disappeared [ read ]; Profile: Death of a democracy activist [ read ]
July 15: Nun dies from prison beatings [ read ]; Arrests, expulsions, monasteries closed in 1998 [ read ]; Life in Lhasa [ read ]; Birth control in Nyemo and Sangchu counties [ read ]; Profile: Shot dead in a police station [ read ]; Correction [ read ]
June 30: Seven deaths in Drapchi prison [ read ]; Thekchen Jangchup monks arrested [ read ]; Work teams in Thekchen Jangchup [ read ]; Return to Tibet [ read ]; Profile: Students lose "Uncle" from Tsasur [ read ]
June 15: Two prisoners shot dead in Drapchi Prison [ read ]; Tibetan political prisoner dies after release [ read ]; Political veteran speaks ... [ read ]; Religious rights attacked [ read ]; Political prisoners suffer mental trauma [ read ]; Oracle and family arrested [ read ]; Arrested on return to Tibet [ read ]; Profile: Shugseb nuns die after prison release [ read ]; Tibetan men also subjected to Chinese birth control [ read ]; Our sponsor [ read ]
May 31: Reports of Re-education and Arrests [ read ]; Work-teams in Pomda Monastery [ read ]; Three Drapchi prisoners executed [ read ]; Profile: Died in hospital due to gross negligence [ read ]; Town's Rights Curbed [ read ]; Hunger Strike Unto Death halted [ read ]; "Closing the Doors: Religious Repression in Tibet" [ read ]
May 15: Shooting in Drapchi [ read ]; Youths flee Tibet [ read ]; Profile: Died after prolonged illness [ read ]; Report from Kenlho prison [ read ]; Starving for Justice [ read ]; Martyr for Tibet: Thupten Ngodup [ read ]; Rakhor Nunnery forcibly closed [ read ]; 12 Tibetan Youths arrested [ read ]; Ngawang Choephel still in Shigatse Prison [ read ]
April 30: Years of struggle to fund escape [ read ]; 11 monks imprisoned tells expelled monks [ read ]; Profile: Died for translating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [ read ]
April 15: Monk interrogated for five months [ read ]; Profile: Nun dies in custody [ read ]; Monk arrested, detained and disappeared [ read ]; Nuns detained for song in praise of Dalai Lama [ read ]
March 31: Organised delegation visits in Tibet [ read ]; "Strike Hard" and arrests continue [ read ]; Profile: He dared to speak; he lost his life [ read ]; Rinzin Wangyal life imprisoned [ read ]
March 15: "Democratic rights" in Tibet [ read ]; Monks and nuns arrested [ read ]; Charged for visiting Tibet [ read ]; Poem from Tibet [ read ]; Profile: Child nun dies from beatings [ read ]; Correction [ read ]
February 28: The unbearable life after prison [ read ]; 27 monks expelled [ read ]; Arrested on return from India [ read ]; Women sterilised [ read ]; Profile: Young patriot beaten to death [ read ]
February 15: Five Years in Drapchi Prison [ read ]; Five Children die in fleeing Tibet [ read ]; Profile: Gyaltsen Kelsang [ read ]
January 31: Tibetan political prisoners die [ read ]; 101 known arrests in 1997 [ read ]; Torture of nun prisoner [ read ]; Profile: His fight to preserve the culture ... [ read ]
January 15: Lhasa: Tibet's urban decline [ read ]; Prison, expulsions and suicide for Gangen Choekor Monastery [ read ]; Profile: A cry of anguish from the son of a Northern herdsmen [ read ]