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Three teenage monks burn themselves alive in Ngaba

Three Tibetan monks in their mid-teens have burned themselves alive at around 3 pm yesterday in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) County of Ngaba Tibetan and...

Five ‘disappeared’ Tibetans sentenced to varying prison terms

Months after their arbitrary detention and disappearance, five Tibetan monks from Drango Monastery have been sentenced to varying terms of six to seven years...

China impose near-total information blockade after series of burning protests

A near-total information blockade has been imposed in Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture where seven Tibetans burned themselves in protest in the past...

Detained monk sentenced to a year in prison

A month after his detention, a monk from Nyatso Zilkar Monastery has been sentenced to a year in prison for unknown charges, according to...

Tibetan monk and educator arrested, journal banned

A Tibetan monk and educator who founded a social organization to preserve and promote Tibetan language was recently arrested by the Chinese authorities in...

‘Into Thin Air’: TCHRD releases report on enforced disappearances in Tibet

"This heinous practice is not permitted under any circumstances. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever may be invoked to justify an enforced disappearance." Jeremy Sarkin, UN Working...

Another Tibetan man burns to death calling for freedom

A Tibetan man died of self-immolation protest in Sangkhog Township in Labrang (Chinese: Xiahe) County of Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. Tsepak...

Another father of two dies in burning protest

Another Tibetan layman who was a father of two died of self-immolation in Labrang (Chinese: Xiahe) County in Kanlho (Chinese: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,...

“These Chinese are not letting us live in peace. It’s better to die, better to die.”

"These Chinese are not letting us live in peace. It's better to die, better to die." These were the last words uttered by father of...

Elderly Tibetan nomad burns himself alive in protest

TCHRD can confirm that there was another self-immolation yesterday in Tibet. Dhondup, a nomad and farmer, aged around 65, set himself on fire yesterday...

The inextinguishable Tibetan fire in China’s darkness

"Since China is uninterested in the well-being of the Tibetan people, we are sharpening our nonviolent movement. We are declaring the reality of Tibet...

Tibetan man self-immolates near Labrang

The morning of 22 October 2012, TCHRD received information from a reliable source that at 9.45am (Tibet time) a Tibetan man has self-immolated near...