Jigme Gyatso and Lobsang Tenzin are just two of the many Tibetans imprisoned for unbelievably long periods for their political convictions. As with many other such prisoners held in Chinese prisons in Tibet,…
According to a reliable source, a 33 year-old monk named Tsering Dorjee was arrested by Chinese officials towards the end of last year. Tsering Dorjee was from Thekchen Jangchup Choeling Monastery in Nyagchu…
A reliable source from Tibet has reported the arrest of a 58 year-old monk named Bhagzo (English: Mask maker) of Chokla Monastery in Rinpung Dzong under Shigatse Prefecture where he was responsible for…
According to a new arrival from Kyekudo (Chinese:Yushul) in Kham region, now incorporated into the Chinese province of Qinghai, Tibetans in Jyekudo and nearby Serchul Dzong were deprived of foreign relief funds meant…
A broadcast from VOA on 17 January 1997 reported a steady flow of Tibetans across the Nepal border into India in January as a result of repressive events in Tibetan religious institutions. Sangye…
A letter dated 12 December 1996 describing recent brutal events in Tibet reached TCHRD from Tibet in January 1997. All events described in the letter took place in Tawo Dzong, Kham Province, a…
The U.S. State Department’s Human Rights Report for 1996, released on 30 January 1997, reports that during 1996 Chinese government authorities continued to commit widespread human rights abuses in Tibet. These included deaths…
According to a radio broadcast from VOA on 27 January 1997, the long-anticipated regulations on all publications has been formally declared by the Chinese Government’s State Council. Materials including books, radio, television and…
Five Serwa monks, all from Chamdo Prefecture, are presently serving sentences of 12 to 15 years for pasting posters and shouting slogans calling for an independent Tibet and the long life of the…
According to unconfirmed reports from Tibet, Rinzin Wangyal was sentenced on December 13, 1996, to 16 years imprisonment. Rinzin (alias Rinwang), a 49-year-old worker at a cement factory in Lhasa, was arrested in…
The above informer expressed great concern over the possible destruction of two revered spiritual sites in Tibet. The first relates to the notion propagated by the Chinese that a large diamond lies at…