Ngawang Rigdrol is a 24-year-old nun. She is currently serving seven years’ imprisonment for taking part in a peaceful demonstration and today is almost completely blind. In mid-June 1992, she carried the forbidden…
In May 1996 a Chinese “work team” raided the Chamdo monastery for photographs of the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama. Finding pro-independence leaflets, three monks connected to this were arrested. One of…
Result of Essay Competition: “Release of Tibetan Political Prisoners” Organised by: Tibet Bureau for UN affairs & TCHRD First: Master Sherab Woesar Choephel (X-D) Upper TCV School Topic: Release Tanak Jigme Sangpo Second:…
Jampel Changchup first became involved in Tibet’s freedom struggle through publishing underground independence materials from his monastery. Thrown into prison for 19 years, his courage in speaking out remains very much alive. Jampel…
The Chinese in their attempt to annihilate the entire race, culture, and heritage of more than 2000 years have left no stone unturned. Under the guise of “Strike Hard” campaign, the Chinese Government…
According to information recently received, eight Tibetan political prisoners escaped from Gyantse District Prison (Chok-treh-Prison) in mid-January 1997. On 26 December 1996, the eight Tibetans had a peaceful demonstration at a fair in…
The rights of Tibetan Children continue to be involved by the Chinese government in blatant for their international legal obligation under the UN Convention on the rights of the child (CRC) to which…
Recent clashes between Uighurs and the Chinese Military in Ghulje City (Inin or Yining) in Eastern Turkestan (Turkestan) on 6 February 1997 have resulted in numerous deaths and increased ethnic tensions. According to…
Rinzin Choenyi, a 26-year-old nun from Shungseb Nunnery, recently arrived in Dharamsala, India, following her release from Drapchi Prison in September 1995. Rinzin was a close cell-mate of both Phuntsok Nyidron, a recipient…
The flow of Tibetan refugees fleeing across the mountains has substantially increased since last year as many escape repressive new policies introduced by the Chinese Government in the last year. In 1994 orders…
In a resolution submitted on 21 January 1997, the U.S. Senate strongly condemned the PRC’s human rights record. The resolution refers to the arrest of Tibetan scholar Ngawang Choephel as a reflection of…