Special Rapporteur on the right to food HRC 19th Session (20 January 2012) Symbol No. A/HRC/19/59/Add.1 Threats to resettled nomadic herders and other former rural residents The resettlement policy conducted in the Tibet Autonomous Region has expanded to non-herders, and is aimed at resettling, relocating or rehousing a majority of the Tibetan rural population into newly built concentrated settlements, under…

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Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment HRC 25th Session (11 March 2013) Symbol No. A/HRC/25/60/Add.2 S Allegations of arrest and detention of, and alleged excessive use of force against, peaceful demonstrators in the Tibet Autonomous Region, against peaceful student demonstrators from Tsolho Technical School in Gonghe (Chabcha in Tibetan) for the release of…

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Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief HRC13th Session (16 February 2010) Symbol No. A/HRC/13/40/Add.1 In their urgent appeal of 20 March 2008, the Special Procedure brought to the attention of the Government information they had received regarding reports of violence during demonstrations in the Tibet Autonomous Region and surrounding areas in China, killings of an unconfirmed number of…

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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders HRC 16th Session (28 February 2011) Symbol No. A/HRC/16/44/Add.1 Mr. Dhondup Wangchen, also known as Dunzhu Wangqing and Dangzhi Xiangqian, co-director of the film documentary “Leaving Fear Behind,” was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment. The trial was reportedly held in secret. The Chinese authorities reportedly did not inform Mr. Dhondup…

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Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples HRC 9th Session (15 August 2008) Symbol No. A/HRC/9/9/Add.1 Allegation letter regarding alleged resettlement programs implemented in the Tibetan areas of the People’s Republic of China. The Special Rapporteur joined with the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living and the Special…

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Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association HRC 35th Session (31 May 2017) Symbol No. A/HRC/35/28/Add.3 Concerning the communication sent on 7 November 2016, regarding severe restrictions of religious freedom in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture; the alleged mass expulsion of religious practitioners from Larung Gar and Yachen Gar, demolitions of monastic homes in Larung…

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Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression HRC 20th Session (4 June 2012) Symbol No. A/HRC/20/17 The Special Rapporteur voiced grave concern over reports of restrictions of fundamental rights of monks, who have been calling for religious freedom in and around the area of the Tibetan Buddhist Kirsti monastery in Sichuan…

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Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions HRC 14th Session (18 June 2010) Symbol No. A/HRC/14/24/Add.1 S Death of Phuntsok Rabgay Phuntsok Rabgay was pasting leaflets containing allegations that monks had been tortured and imprisoned by the authorities and an appeal to the local population to forego crop cultivation and harvest as a gesture of mourning and disobedience. He…

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