Monk official detained amid ongoing crackdown at Tsodun Monastery
18 August | Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy
A monastic official has been detained amid an ongoing crackdown at Gyalrong Tsodun Monastery in Barkham (Chinese: Ma’erkang) County in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Lhasa ‘Like a Vast Prison’
18 August | Radio Free Asia
Chinese authorities have detained more than 1,000 residents of a restive Tibetan county since March, targeting mainly educated youth involved in promoting the revival of Tibetan language and culture, according to a local source.
‘More Than 1,000’ Detained
18 August | Radio Free Asia
Chinese authorities have detained more than 1,000 residents of a restive Tibetan county since March, targeting mainly educated youth involved in promoting the revival of Tibetan language and culture, according to a local source.
Two known Tibetans detained during Ngaba protest crackdown
18 August | Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy
Two known Tibetans were detained during a violent crackdown on a protest staged by local Tibetans that followed the twin self-immolation of Tashi and Lungtok this month in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) County, Sichuan Province.
Senior monk sentenced to 7 years for sharing information
18 August | Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy
A senior Tibetan monk who went missing for eight months since his arbitrary arrest last October has been sentenced to seven years in prison for ‘sharing pictures of nun Tenzin Wangmo and information related to her self-immolation protest with outsiders’ by an Intermediate People’s Court in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The sentence was passed on 18 June 2012 by an Intermediate People’s Court in Ngaba Prefecture.
Police Detain Tibetan Singer
21 August | Radio Free Asia
Authorities in a Tibetan prefecture of China’s Qinghai province have handed jail terms of three years each to two student protest leaders who had been held in detention since March, a relative of one of the young men said on Friday.
Five Tsodun monks arrested, Night raids and gunpoint interrogations at Monastery
18 August | Phayul
Amidst reports of five fatal self-immolations, major public demonstrations, and the death of two Tibetan protesters in the past two weeks alone, Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet continue with their repressive measures and arbitrary arrests.
Student Protesters Sentenced
18 August | Radio Free Asia
Authorities in a Tibetan prefecture of China’s Qinghai province have handed jail terms of three years each to two student protest leaders who had been held in detention since March, a relative of one of the young men said on Friday.
Tibetan Shot Dead in Protest
16 August | Radio Free Asia
Chinese security forces shot dead a Tibetan and detained six others on Wednesday as they dispersed a crowd of 1,000 Tibetans protesting against the resumption of mining operations in a county in Tibet, sources said.
Tibetan sentenced to four years, another to two years
15 August | Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy
Two Tibetans were sentenced to four years and two years’ prison terms on unknown dates on connection with protests that occurred in January 2012 in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) County in Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Top Monks Summoned
15 August | Radio Free Asia
Senior Tibetan monks at the restive Kirti monastery, a symbol of dissent against Chinese rule, have been summoned by authorities for questioning amid a new wave of deadly self-immolations, according to Tibetan sources in exile.
Indiscriminate beatings, detentions mark two more self-immolations in Ngaba
14 August | Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy
Chinese security personnel yesterday employed indiscriminate beatings and detentions to suppress a protest staged by local Tibetans after two more Tibetans self-immolated in protest against the Chinese government in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) County, Ngaba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
Tibetan Singer Detained
14 August | Radio Free Asia
A popular Tibetan singer has been detained by Chinese authorities, apparently because of politically sensitive lyrics in his songs, according to a family member.
Protest Against Police Brutality
14 August | Radio Free Asia
Nearly 500 Tibetans in China’s Qinghai province took to the streets Tuesday to protest what they called police brutality, as tensions gripped neighboring Sichuan province, where one of two Tibetans who self-immolated in protest against Chinese rule a day earlier died, sources said.
Video Clip of the Protest [Watch in Youth] Go to RFA’s page ….
Protests as Monks Are Detained
8 August | Radio Free Asia
Chinese security forces have detained three Tibetan monks from a monastery at which a woman self-immolated in protest against Chinese rule this week, triggering protests demanding their release, according to sources.
Lawyers Rejected for Ailing Monk
2 August | Radio Free Asia
Authorities in China’s northwestern Gansu province have refused to allow lawyers chosen by a jailed Tibetan monk’s family to represent him and have completed his trial using government-appointed lawyers, a family source said.
Protester Beaten, Detained
1 August | Radio Free Asia
Police in China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Wednesday beat and detained a Tibetan monk who shouted slogans calling for independence for Tibet, in the latest incident this year of lone Tibetan protesters braving harsh treatment and long prison terms to challenge Chinese rule.
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