Human Rights Updates

Human Rights Updates

Escape from Chok-Treh prison

According to information recently received, eight Tibetan political prisoners escaped from Gyantse District Prison (Chok-treh-Prison) in mid-January 1997. On 26 December 1996, the eight Tibetans...
Human Rights Updates

Child prisoners in Tibet

The rights of Tibetan Children continue to be involved by the Chinese government in blatant for their international legal obligation under the UN Convention...
Human Rights Updates

Independence clashes in Eastern Turkestan

Recent clashes between Uighurs and the Chinese Military in Ghulje City (Inin or Yining) in Eastern Turkestan (Turkestan) on 6 February 1997 have resulted...
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Tibet’s longest-serving female prisoners

Rinzin Choenyi, a 26-year-old nun from Shungseb Nunnery, recently arrived in Dharamsala, India, following her release from Drapchi Prison in September 1995. Rinzin was a...
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escape from chok-treh prison

According to the information recently received, eight Tibetan political prisoners escaped from Gyantse District Prison (Chok-Treh Prison) in mid-January 1997. On 26 December 1996...
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Children flee Tibet

The flow of Tibetan refugees fleeing across the mountains has substantially increased since last year as many escape repressive new policies introduced by the...
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USA condemns China’s human rights record: Senate resolution

In a resolution submitted on 21 January 1997, the U.S. Senate strongly condemned the PRC's human rights record. The resolution refers to the arrest...
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Profile: Tibetans imprisoned for life sentences

Jigme Gyatso and Lobsang Tenzin are just two of the many Tibetans imprisoned for unbelievably long periods for their political convictions. As with many...
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Another arrest

According to a reliable source, a 33 year-old monk named Tsering Dorjee was arrested by Chinese officials towards the end of last year. Tsering...
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Whereabouts of arrested monk unknown

A reliable source from Tibet has reported the arrest of a 58 year-old monk named Bhagzo (English: Mask maker) of Chokla Monastery in Rinpung...
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Snow storm victims deprived of foreign relief

According to a new arrival from Kyekudo (Chinese:Yushul) in Kham region, now incorporated into the Chinese province of Qinghai, Tibetans in Jyekudo and nearby...
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Nuns flee from repression

A broadcast from VOA on 17 January 1997 reported a steady flow of Tibetans across the Nepal border into India in January as a...
Human Rights Updates
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