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Labrang monk Jayang Jinpa reflects on his daring 2008 protest

Jayang Jinpa, 26, was among the 15 Tibetan monks who staged a daring protest in front of a group of international and Chinese journalists...

China detains uncle of Tibetan self-immolator in Rebkong

Amid news of heightened restrictions and increased detention, an uncle of Dorjee Lhundup, a Tibetan farmer who set his body on fire in protest...

Six Tibetans sentenced up to 12 yrs over self-immolation

A Chinese court has given heavy prison terms to six Tibetans “for their roles in an October self-immolation case,” reported the Chinese government-owned news...

Tibetans sentenced for ‘murder’ at show trial to discredit self-immolation protests

In the backdrop of relentless crackdown on self-immolation protests including arbitrary arrests, detention, intimidation, monetary inducements and long prison terms, the Chinese authorities have...

Crackdown on satellite dishes, broadcast equipment deepens in Tibet

Chinese authorities have now heightened the campaign to eradicate all avenues of receiving Tibet-related radio and TV news available on foreign channels by issuing...

China intensifies ban on religious gatherings after third self-immolation

Chinese authorities have intensified the ban on holding religious rituals for those who die of self-immolation protests as another Tibetan, third in this month...

China sentences four Tibetan monks to long prison terms

Four monks from Gyalrong Tsodun Monastery have been sentenced to long prison terms by the Barkham Intermediate People's Court in Barkham (Ch: Ma'erkang), capital...

Chinese police confiscate body of second Tibetan self-immolator

  Chinese authorities have confiscated the body of a Tibetan father of two who died of self-immolation protest at Drachen Village of Khyungchu Township in...

Family of Tibetan self-immolator barred from holding religious rituals

Family members of a Tibetan farmer who became the first Tibetan in 2013 to die of self-immolation protest against the Chinese government were barred...

TCHRD releases 2012 Annual Report on Human Rights Situation in Tibet

In the year 2012, the human rights situation in Tibet hit a new low even as Tibet remained closed to independent media, UN monitors,...

THEMATIC REPORT Ancestor’s Tomb

One of the most notable corollaries of the 2008 protests in Tibet is the unprecedented surge in artistic expression and intellectual activism among young,...

Tibetan self-immolator battling for life, may lose both legs

A Tibetan father of one who self-immolated in protest against the Chinese government early this month is being treated in a hospital in Lanzhou...