Tibet

DHARAMSALA, Aug 28: A Tibetan has died after setting herself on fire in Sangchu county in Kanlho Prefecture, Amdo province.

DHARAMSALA, Aug 26: Several Tibetans were reportedly detained after over a hundred Tibetans in Nangchen County in traditional Kham province held a protest rally today on the streets and staged demonstrations in front of a local Chinese government office tasked with economic development projects in the area, demanding equality in distribution of government aids and benefits.

DHARAMSALA, Aug 24: Tibetans in Zoege county in eastern Tibet were threatened with police action after they tried to dissuade a Chinese mining unit preparing to carry out mining activities on a sacred hill in the area.

DHARAMSALA, Aug 18: An unidentified Tibetan youth was arrested by Chinese police in the morning today in eastern Tibet for staging a lone protest calling for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and freedom for Tibetans.

DHARAMSALA, Aug 18: A Tibetan nomad mother was arrested after staging a solitary protest against the Chinese government in restive Ngaba county in eastern Tibet.

DHARAMSALA, Aug 11: Responding to reports in the Tibetan media about a Chinese public order forcing Tibetan residents of a restive county to wear traditional Tibetan attire with fur during a performance at a major event, the head of the county’s publicity department has denied the allegations and said that no performances were held in the county on the said day.

DHARAMSALA, Aug 7: In the run-up to the 88th anniversary of the founding of China’s Peoples Liberation Army on August 1, Chinese authorities ordered Tibetan residents of Driru county in Nagchu prefecture of traditional Tibetan province of Kham to comply with four guidelines, failing which, cultivation of caterpillar fungus (Yartsa Gunbu), which is the main source of income for the local Tibetans, will denied for five years.

DHARAMSALA, Aug 1: Rongye Adrak, a prominent Tibetan political prisoner sentenced to eight years for publicly calling for the return

DHARAMSALA, Jul 23: In yet another case of prison death, a Tibetan village leader from Tsawa Zogang County in traditional Kham province in eastern Tibet has died due to severe torture while serving a two year prison term in Chushul prison.