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Self-immolation protests continue: Tibetan monk sets self on fire

A 20-yr-old monk of Kirti Monastery set himself on fire in the county town of Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) County, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous...

News March 16, 2012

Four Tibetan environmental activists arrested in Tawu

Four Tibetan environmental activists, all members of the locally-founded Tawu Environmental Protection Association, were arrested in mid-February 2012 by the local Public Security Bureau...

News March 15, 2012

Tibetan NGO worker serving life sentence surfaces in Lhasa hospital

Wangdue, a Tibetan NGO activist, who was sentenced to life in 2008 during the widespread protests in Tibet, was recently seen in an army...

News March 14, 2012

Monk self-immolates on Tibetan uprising anniversary

A Tibetan monk has self-immolated in protest today, on the 2008 Uprising Anniversary, at around 10.30 a.m (Tibet Time) at Rongbo Gonchen Monastery in...

News March 14, 2012

Police beat Tibetan protesters with batons, rifle butt

On 7 March 2012, Khedup Dorjee, a monk at Za-Samdrup Monastery in Kardze County, was severely beaten by security officers for peacefully protesting in...

News March 13, 2012

Teenage Tibetan monk self-immolates on protest anniversary

On 10 March 2012, which is also the 53rd Tibetan National Uprising Day, a teenage Tibetan monk from Kirti Monastery set himself on fire in...

News March 13, 2012

Crackdown on monks for freedom leaflets in Sog County

Five Tibetan monks from Sog Tsenden Monastery were arrested by the local Public Security Bureau officers in Sog County, Nagchu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region...

News March 12, 2012

Chinese government cadres take over Tibetan monasteries

A number of Tibetan monasteries in Nagchu (Chinese: Naqu) Prefecture’s Diru County in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have been forced to hand over the...

News March 12, 2012

Self-immolation shadow over China’s two sessions

Three Tibetans, a 32-yr-old widowed mother of four and two teenagers, died of self-immolation in separate incidents as China convened its annual sessions of...

News March 7, 2012

Increased religious repression forces monks to flee, monasteries to close

Beginning October 2011, the 'work teams' instituted by the Chinese authorities have launched campaigns such as 'Nine Must-Haves' and 'Harmonious Model Monastery' in Tibet....

News February 29, 2012

Three Tibetan writers detained, one sentenced

On 15 February 2012, popular Tibetan writer Gangkye Drubpa Kyab was detained by Chinese security personnel. On the night of 15 February, a team...

News February 20, 2012

Teenage self-immolation death in Dzamthang

On 19 February 2012, yet another Tibetan teenager set himself ablaze and reportedly died protesting against the Chinese government, in Barma Village, Dzamthang County,...

News February 20, 2012

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