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Teenage Tibetan monk burns self to death in Ngaba

An 18-yr-old Tibetan monk has died of self-immolation protest today at Barkham County in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Lobsang Lozin,...

Tibetan dies of self-immolation in Damshung

A Tibetan man who set himself on fire on 7 July 2012 in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) has reportedly died. The 22 year-old Tibetan man...

Tibetan dies of self-immolation in Damshung

A Tibetan man who set himself on fire on 7 July 2012 in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) has reportedly died. The 22 year-old Tibetan man...

Tibetan Teen Girl Arrested, Beaten After Protest

30 June 2012 A teenage Tibetan girl has been beaten and arrested after a lone protest in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture...

TCHRD releases assessment report on China’s Human Rights Action Plan

As the Chinese government prepares to issue its second National Human Rights Action Plan (2013-2015), the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD)...

Tibetan man arrested for participating in 2008 uprising

A Tibetan man, 34, was arrested in Machu (Ch: Maqu) County of Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. Shonu Palden, a nomad by...

Two Tibetan youngsters self-immolate in Jyekundo, one dies

Two Tibetan youngsters have set themselves on fire today in Trindu (Chinese: Chengdu) County in Jyekundo (Chinese: Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP) of Qinghai Province. Ngawang Norpel, aged 22, and Tenzin Khedup,...

Tibetan Monk Tortured, Dies in Custody

A Tibetan monk has died after being tortured in police custody in Nyagrong (Chinese: Xinlong) County, Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures in Sichuan...

Kirti monk sentenced to 8 yrs’ in prison

A Tibetan monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) County has been sentenced to eight years in prison with four years' deprivation of...

Tibetans sentenced for protesting official corruption

A court in Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture has sentenced two Tibetans from Ngaba County earlier this month, after they refused to accept houses built...

China admits challenges to human rights protection

On 11 June 2012, China announced its second National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP)1 for the years 2012 to 2015 saying it has a...

Detentions reported after Lhasa immolations

An unspecified number of Tibetans have been detained following the twin self-immolation protests in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. Two Tibetan men, both believed to be...