• Khenpo Kartse Released
• Chinese officials disrupt prayer for Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
• China Balks at Foreign Calls to Release Prisoners
• Dhondup Wangchen Released
• Political prisoner’s early release seen as attempt to avoid detention-related death
• Tibetan Political Activist Freed After 17 Years in Jail
• Dhondup Wangchen’s wife launches campaign for Jigme Gyatso
• “Remembering the Missing Monk Golog Jigme”
• Confusion grows around missing Tibetan monk filmmaker
• The Impromptu Speech: Runggye Adak The Hero

• Khenpo Kartse Released
• Chinese officials disrupt prayer for Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
• China Balks at Foreign Calls to Release Prisoners
• Dhondup Wangchen Released
• Tibetan Political Activist Freed After 17 Years in Jail
• Dhondup Wangchen’s wife launches campaign for Jigme Gyatso
• “Remembering the Missing Monk Golog Jigme”
• Confusion grows around missing Tibetan monk filmmaker
• The Impromptu Speech: Runggye Adak The Hero
• My Tribute to Lobsang Tenzin by Tsering Choedup

Torture and ill-treatment is widespread in Tibet.

Tibetan political prisoners are subjected to torture and maltreatment, to break their spirit and in order to obtain confessions that form the basis for convictions to long-term prison sentences.

Common torture practices include:

• Electric-shock batons to the head, face, mouth or even genitals
• Beating with sticks and iron rods
• Forced sitting/standing in extreme positions for hours
• Application of hot objects to the skin
• Mental torture and humiliation
• Deprivation of sleep and food
• Solitary confinement without daylight

Many kinds of cruel torture methods are used which can leave prisoners mentally and physically scarred.