Human Rights Updates

Human Rights Updates

New temple and monastic rules

The following is a translation from Tibetan of "Lhasa Municipality's Monastic (temples and hermitages) Disciplinary Rules for Monks and Nuns": One must protect law and...
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Re-education

In Kain Lho In 1997, Chinese authorities launched the "re-education" campaign in all monasteries in the Kan Lho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture under Gansu Province....
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Freedom of expression void

Chinese President Jiang Zemin claimed, "China's citizens enjoy the freedom of assembly, speech and demonstration and protests", during his visit to Canada on November...
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85 Tibetan women sterilised

In Chabcha district in Tsolho (Ch: Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture under Tsongon, Chinese authorities have launched a strict birth control policy. Since the start...
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Birth control policy in Amdo

The Chinese authorities claim to have achieved good results with regard to the implementation of their birth control policy in Tso Jang (Ch: Haibei)...
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Profile: Body broke, spirit strong

Nuns in the Chinese prisons in Tibet are often targeted for fatal punishment and torture. Many of them are permanently scarred and disfigured. Gyaltsen...
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Compulsory slaughter

Tibetan Buddhists consider the slaughter of any living creature a sin. Yet recent reports from Tibet's rural areas reveal that Chinese authorities are forcing...
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Tortured for defending Panchen Lama

Since the Dalai Lama announced the discovery of the reincarnate Panchen Lama in May 1995, Chinese authorities have waged a brutal campaign against those...
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Forced recruitment

To strengthen the military power inside Tibet, the Chinese government is reported to have begun forcefully recruiting young Tibetans into army service. At the...
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Comedian suffers mental breakdown

Menlha Kyab, a famous Tibetan comedian and writer from Tsolho (Ch: Hamm) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Tsongon (Ch: Qinghai) Province, was recently reported to have...
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New arrests of monks for posters

Two monks from Kham were arrested and imprisoned In June this year for pasting Independence wallposters. They have not been seen since. In May 1997,...
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Profile: Sentenced to 17 years for “espionage”

Lukar Jam's prison term is one of the longest-known sentences handed down to a Tibetan Political offender in the last twenty years. It is,...
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