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Tibetan man imprisoned in connection with sister’s self-immolation released after three years

Chinese authorities have released a Tibetan man after he completed a three-year sentence for allegedly having links with the self-immolation protest of his sister...

China detains recently-released Tibetan writer and his friend for ‘brainwashing class’

Tibetan writer and teacher Gangkye Drupa Kyab was detained again on 17 September, a day after his release from prison. He had served more...

‘No, We Have Not Forgotten You’: Canadian writer dedicates book to Gangkye Drupa Kyab

In  a moving letter addressed to Tibetan writer Gangkye Drupa Kyab, Sylvain Meunier, a Montreal-based Quebecois writer expressed her indignation at Kyab’s unjust imprisonment. As...

Tibetan writer and teacher Gangkye Drupa Kyab released before completion of prison term

Gangkye Drupa Kyab, a Tibetan writer and teacher, was released after four years and seven months from Minyak Rangakha Prison located in the southwestern...

Two Tibetan monks sent to prison for sharing information about self-immolation

Chinese authorities have sentenced two Tibetan monks for sharing online information and images about the self-immolation protest of a Tibetan mother in Sangchu (Ch:...

China criticised for human rights violations at UN Human Rights Council

The government of People's Republic of China (PRC) was criticised for human rights violations particularly in Tibet and Xinjiang by western countries at the ongoing 33rd...

China sentences four peaceful Tibetan protesters for inciting separatism

Four Tibetan monks who had called for freedom, human rights and the long life of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama...

Tibetan teacher arrested for exercising his human right released from prison in poor health and with physical deformities

A Tibetan middle school teacher and musician was released from Mianyang Prison near Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, last month after serving nine years...

Tibetan monk imprisoned in connection with self-immolation released after 7.5 years

Jamyang Phuntsok aka Jangkho, 41, was released on 2 September from Mianyang Prison, located near Chengdu city, capital of Sichuan Province. He became one...

Nuns continue suicide protest against demolition of Buddhist institute

The partial demolition of the famed Larung Gar Buddhist Institute has claimed two more lives with the suicide death of two resident nuns in...

Chinese propaganda booklet confirms absolute criminalization of peaceful expression in Tibet

  Chinese authorities have recently distributed copies of a political propaganda booklet that masquerades as legal education material in Tibetan monastic institutions located across Ngaba...

Tibetan Nun Commits Suicide Following Demolition of Buddhist Institute

A Tibetan nun reportedly hanged herself to protest the partial demolition of the Larung Gar Buddhist Institute, a world-famous religious town located in Serthar...