Human Rights Updates

Human Rights Updates

Human Rights Update 2009 – January

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Charged for visiting India

Tibetans returning to Tibet from India after making a pilgrimage and seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama risk arrest, detention and heavy fines....
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Monks and nuns arrested

More reports of arrests and expulsions of monks and nuns in Tibet have been received in connection to the “Strike Hard” campaign. In October...
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“Democratic rights” in Tibet

In a white paper published by the central Chinese government on February 24, 1998, entitled “New progress in human rights in the Tibet Autonomous...
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Young Patriot beaten to death

Lhakpa Tsering was born in Lhasa in 1970. Just 20 years later, on December 13, 1990, he died in Drapchi Prison from sicknesses and...
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Arrested on return from India

Tsultrim was arrested by the Public Security Bureau in November 1997 in the town of Dram on the Nepal-Tibet border on his return from...
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Taken in the night for sterilisation

In Shabrang village, Thonring sub-county, Rebkong county, Qinghai province (Tib: Amdo province), nine women between the ages of 18 to 45 were taken away...
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Work-team in Pangsa Monastery

Earlier there were 35 monks residing in Pangsa Monastery but it is reported that some have been imprisoned for political reasons and some have...
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27 Monks expelled

Twenty seven monks have been reported expelled from their monasteries. Their expulsions, which took place in June 1997, bring the total figure of known...
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The Unbearable Life after prison

Jamphel Monlam, also known as Dadul, is 30 years old. Jamphel’s desire to be part of Tibet’s freedom struggle was strong and he became...
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five children die fleeing Tibet

Every year hundreds of Tibetan refugees attempt the hazardous journey across the Himalayan mountains to escape from Chinese-occupied Tibet. In October 1997,five more Tibetan...
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five years in drapchi prison

Phuntsok Gonpo, a 25 year old former Drepung monk, spent five years in Drapchi Prison. He is one of the many Tibetans who have...
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