Human Rights Updates

Human Rights Updates

Too young to die

Gyaltsen Kelsang was the tenth political prisoner after 1987 to have died shortly after being released on medical parole. Gyaltsen reportedly suffered severe beatings...
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torture of nun prisoner

Reports are continuously received of Tibetan nuns being particularly targeted for degrading treatment and inhumane torture methods in Chinese prisons in Tibet. Many of...
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His fight to preserve culture…

Gonpo Sonam, aged 61, passed away on the morning of December 23, 1987, soon after his release from Drapchi Prison. He was best known...
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101 known arrests in 1997

The latest reports have revealed a further five arrests in 1997, bringing the total number of known arrests in the year to 101. As...
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Tibetan political prisoners die

Since 1986 when the People’s Republic of China signed the United Nations Convention Against Torture, 52 Tibetan political prisoners are now known to have...
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prison, expulsions and suicide for gangen choekor monks

A 20 member Chinese “Re-education” work-team arrived at Gangen choekor monastery in Namliing township, Namling county, on 29 June, 1996. This was, according to...
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a cry of anguish from son of a northern herdsman

In previous Human Rights Updates we have profiled some of the hundreds of Tibetan current political prsioners on this page. This year we will...
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Lhasa: Tibet’s urban decline

Prior to Chinese occupation in 1949, Tibet’s capital was more like a town than a city. Covering just three square km, Lhasa (meaning literally...
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China in Tibet: Striking hard against human rights

1997 Annual Report:  Human Rights Violations in Tibet China in Tibet: Striking Hard Against Human Rights endeavours to convey some idea of the extensive brutalities...
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Arrests and demonstrations from 1997 January

January: Arrested 2: Lungtok and Choejor from Amdo Golok. Arrested for pasting wall posters in the street of Gadhe County in Golok "Tibetan Autonomous...
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To get the Second Annual Report

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy has released its second annual report documenting the ongoing and widespread human rights violations by Chinese...
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Two nuns expelled

Lobsang Dolkar is a 22-year-old nun from Gonpa Phug nunnery in Dongkar Shang, Nyemo county under Lhasa city. Lobsang joined the nunnery in 1990....
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