Chinese authorities have announced the appointment of Chinese Communist Party members to key positions at Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Institute to exercise direct control over the management and day to day operations of…

Chinese authorities have announced the appointment of Chinese Communist Party members to key positions at Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Institute to exercise direct control over the management and day to day operations of…
A Tibetan monk was released from prison last month after serving two years sentence for storing pictures of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and for sharing the same on…
A suicide note left by a Tibetan nun last year following the demolition of her shelter by Chinese authorities at Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Institute has finally become public. The nun named Tsering…
Larung Gar, the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist institute, resembles a sliced melon, a year after Chinese authorities dismantled thousands of monastic residences and evicted Buddhist practitioners in Larung valley in Tibet’s Serthar (Ch:…
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) welcomes the release of popular Tibetan singer and composer Mr Kelsang Yarphel from prison after the completion of his four-year term. Mr Yarphel, 41,…
中共四川省阿坝藏族羌族自治州绰曲(黑水)县人民法院对西藏僧人更登扎巴和洛桑西热进行了审判,指控他们“煽动分裂国家”及“非法同境外联系”判处各5年和4年徒刑,西藏人权与民主促进中心人权指责其判刑具有政治动机。
6月17日前后,中共阿坝州绰曲(黑水)县人民法院对西藏僧人更登扎巴和洛桑西热进行开庭审理,并对更登扎巴判处5年徒刑,对洛桑西热判处了4年徒刑。对他们的指控是“煽动分裂国家”及“非法同境外联系”。在审判过程中禁止他们请律师辩护,而且开庭时也没有允许自己辩护,也没有让他们的亲属到庭旁听。
Earlier this month, Chinese authorities sent two monks, Gendun Dakpa and Lobsang Sherab, to prison for allegedly ‘sharing information with outsiders’ and ‘inciting separatism’ in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture,…