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Indiscriminate Firing Kills 2 Tibetans, Maims 10 in Serta County

Two Tibetan men died after security forces opened fire on protesters on 24 January 2012 at Serta County (Ch: Seda) in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous...

2011 Annual Report: Human Rights Situation in Tibet

The series of self-immolation protests involving Tibetan monks, nuns, and lay people did not occur in a vacuum. Ever since the 2008 unrest in Tibet, the...

One Tibetan shot dead in Drango protest in Kardze

One Tibetan layman, identified as Yonten, has died of gunshot after security officials clamped down on a protest in Drango County (Ch: Luhuo County)...

Two abbots of Karma Monastery arrested

Two abbots along with seven monks of Karma Monastery (Ch: Gama) at Chamdo County in Chamdo Prefecture (Tibet Autonomous Region) were arrested around 29 October 2011,...

Former monk Norbu Damdul dies after self-immolation

Norbu Damdul, who self-immolated on 15 October 2011, passed away on 5 January 2012 in a hospital in Barkham, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Region. A former...

Amdo Golok Lama Soehpa Self-Immolates and Dies

On 8 January 2012, at around 6AM (Tibet Time), Tong Kyop Monastery's Lama Soehpa set himself on fire at a street in Dhalang County....

Two Tibetans who Self-immolated in Ngaba Dies

The two Tibetans who self-immolated in Ngaba on 6 January 2012, protesting against the Chinese rule, have succumbed to severe burn injuries. The two...

Two Tibetans self-immolate in Ngaba

On 6 January 2012, two more Tibetans have self-immolated in Ngaba County at around 2PM (Tibet local time). A monk and a lay man,...

Tibetan writer Takmig sentenced to 4 yrs’ imprisonment

Writer Kalsang Tsultrim, pen name Gyitsang Takmig, is sentenced to four years term by Kanlho People's Intermediate Court. This was confirmed when on 30...

Two Tibetans Self-immolate in Ngaba

On 6 January 2012, two more Tibetans have self-immolated in Ngaba County at around 2PM (Tibet local time). A monk and a lay man,...

Tibetan Dies after Self Immolation in TAR

Tenzin Phuntsok has reportedly succumbed to burns on 6 December in Chamdo Hospital in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) after setting himself on fire on...

Imprisoned Labrang Monk in Critical Health Condition

Thapkay Gyatso, a Tibetan monk from Labrang monastery, serving 15 years sentence in a Chinese prison in Gansu Province, is feared to be in...