Human Rights Updates

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“my land, your land”

Nyima Tashi, a 25 year old farmer monk from Lhading village, Ngamring county (Shigatse region) reports on the stifling socio-economic policies the Chinese intend...
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Birth control cover-up in “TAR”

In an attempt to hide the ongoing birth control policy in the "Tibetan Autonomous Region" (TAR), Chinese health authorities forbid the official use of...
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Profile: Monk’s life in one of the most dreaded prison in Tibet

Tenpa Wangdrak, a 53 year-old former monk of Ganden Monastery, comes from Yartoe Yarzam in Lhoka Nedong County. His parents are no longer living...
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Hong Kong takeover nerves

Chinese authorities have announced through newspaper and radio broadcasts that Beijing will tighten its security measures in the whole of Tibet, Inner Mongolia and...
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“Political prisoners in Tibet are treated worse than criminals”

Ngawang Lhundrup, a recent arrival from Tibet, was a monk from Shedrupling Monastery in Lhoka Gonkar at the age of 14. He took part...
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Seven years in prison in Tibet

Independent sources have reported on two Tibetans arrested in late 1996 by Apa Hsien Public security Bureau in connection with possession of wooden printing...
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Students of Tibetan restricted

Sources in Lhasa report a recent decision that the Tibetan Language Department of the University of Tibet in Lhasa will not take any new...
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Tashi Gang monks in prison

Only 16 monks remain in Tashi Gang Monastery at Nyethang in Chushul county, just nine of whom are registered. A monk from the monastery...
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Songs of freedom

Already having served nine months imprisonment for Tibetan independence activities, Sonam Gonpo was arrested again in 1996 after Chinese authorities suspected he and his...
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Profile: He barely escaped execution

In April 1995, Lodroe Gyatso was awaiting his execution as a result of staging a one-man independence demonstration while in Drapchi prison. The former...
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Population transfer

The influx of Chinese population into Tibet is now so great and the impact, worse. Chinese language has almost replaced our mother tongue in...
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Independence: “A Daylight dream”

When Chinese officials enter your monastery, snatch away your freedom to practise your religious faith, replace your spiritual lessons with communist ideology and finally...
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