17-yr-old Tibetan monk detained in eastern Tibet
DHARAMSALA, Feb 10: A young Tibetan Buddhist monk was brutally beaten and detained for staging a peaceful protest against the Chinese government in eastern Tibet.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Feb 10: A young Tibetan Buddhist monk was brutally beaten and detained for staging a peaceful protest against the Chinese government in eastern Tibet.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Jan 28: A Tibetan Buddhist monk who was arrested last march along with three other fellow monks of Drilda monastery in Trido Township in former Kham Province’s Sog County has been sentenced to ten years in prison.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Dec 30: Chinese authorities have arbitrarily arrested a young Tibetan blogger in eastern Tibet’s Amdo Province, reportedly for expressing his opinion on Tibet related issues, including self-immolation.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Dec 29: A Tibetan monk was taken in detention by Chinese paramilitary police following his solitary protest challenging Chinese rule in Tibet and another monk was also detained for unknown reasons in restive Ngaba County in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Dec 29: At least three Tibetans sustained gunshot injuries after Chinese forces fired live ammunition into a group of Tibetans trying to stop the body of a Tibetan self-immolator from being taken away.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Dec 24: A 37-yr-old Tibetan monk of Nyatso monastery in eastern Tibet has died shortly after setting himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government’s repressive rule in Tibet.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Dec 22: A young Tibetan woman has set herself on fire today in restive Ngaba County in Eastern Tibet’s Amdo Province, according to an exiled Tibetan living in Dharamsala with contacts in the region.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Dec 18: More than 40 monks of Pekar monastery and about 100 nuns of Jhada nunnery in restive Driru County in Nagchu Prefecture in Tibet Autonomous Region have been expelled from their respective institutions, indicating escalation in crackdowns on religious institutions in Tibet.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Dec 17: A Tibetan father of two has died after he set himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet on Dec 16 in Amchok Township in former Amdo Province in eastern Tibet.
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Dec 16: A popular and respected village leader has been killed in detention by local Chinese Communist Party authorities in restive Driru County in Nagchu Prefecture in eastern Tibet’s Kham Province, indicating continued repression and crackdown on Tibetans, including extrajudicial killings in the region.
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