Human Rights Updates

Human Rights Updates

Painter dies in prison

Kalsang Dawa, a 29-year-old painter from Phenpo, one of the more than 1000 political prisoners in Tibet, has died mysteriously, while serving his prison...
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Appeal letter from Drapchi political prisoners

The only prison in Tibet acknowledged by the Chinese is the "TAR" prison no. 1, more commonly known as Drapchi Prison, located in Lhasa....
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Sentencing of three involved in Panchen Lama issue

Almost two years after his disappearance following the Dalai Lama's proclamation of the 11th Panchen Lama, the head of the Chinese Search Committee for...
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Panchen Lama: a chidlhood lost

It is now two years since 14 May 1995, the day the Dalai Lama officially proclaimed Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the X!th reincarnation of...
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Chimney torture for monk activist

Lobsang Dhargay spent two and a half years in prison where he was subjected to daily abuse. The worst torture he suffered was being...
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Profile: Chadrel Rinpoche – the man who found the XI Panchen Lama

Almost two years after his disappearance, Chadrel Rinpoche, the abbot of the Tashilhunpo Monastery and also the head of the Search Committee for the...
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Results of Panchen Lama art competition

In commemoration of the Proclamation Day of May 14, 1995, when the Dalai Lama officially announced Gedhun Cheokyi Nyima as the XIth reincarnation of...
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Profile: Labourer sentenced to 16 years and denied visits from dying wife

Rinzin Wangyal was first arrested in 1966-67 for allegedly organising an underground movement and served between 15 to 17 years in prison. He was...
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Boat tragedy causes 23 deaths

On 21 March 1997, in Drongtoe village under Lhoka Gonkar county south of Lhasa, 23 Tibetans died in a boat disaster. The Chinese authorities had...
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Prisoner updates

Ngawang Sangpo joined the Drepung monastery in 1983. In the first week of May 1991, Lhasa City PSB officials and monastery authorities detained Ngawang...
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Imprisoned for protesting environmental destruction in Tibet

Tibet's environment is increasingly under threat of destruction by China's actions of mining and development. The Tibetan people are not consulted on the development...
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“Spring Action”

Radio Lhasa and the Tibet Daily recently reported that Lhasa Public Security Bureau launched a "Spring Action" campaign on 10 April 1997. The campaign...
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