In 1995 a young monk named Sonam Dhondup was arrested after Chinese officials found a booklet on Tibet and a Tibetan national flag in his room. His plans to distribute the booklets were…
In Drayab Magon Monastery, monks have protested without success against recent decisions by Chinese officials to reduce by hundreds the number of monks allowed. Five monks who refused to accept “Re-education” principles requiring…
Tsewang, a 63 year old man from Shol Lhasa, has failed in his appeal to the “TAR” People’s High Court after being sentenced by the Lhasa City’s Intermediate People’s Court to five years…
Chadrel Rinpoche, the abbot of Tashilhunpo Monastery and head of China’s Search Committee for the Reincarnation of the 11th Panchen Lama, has been on hunger strike since July this year, locked in a…
Restrictions were imposed by the Lhasa Public Security Bureau from April of this year to ensure stability and security during the July 1 Hong Kong take-over and to prevent riots and pro-independence movements…
“I was working in an Amdo Restaurant in Dram, the Tibetan town at the border of Nepal. A few years ago there used to be lots of Tibetan businessman who owned shops and…
A Tibetan woman aged 19 years (name withheld) from Dingrae Dzong (county), Shigatse region, who arrived in Dharamsala on 2 September 1997, has reported the implementation of birth control policies in three rukhag…
Hermits in Tibet are being forced to give up their religious retreats as they fall subject to Chinese “Re-education” sessions and “government taxes”. Kunchok Chodup, 42 years old, comes from Sangshu village in…
“According to what I have seen, the Chinese authorities have been implementing the birth control policy in my area since February or March of 1997. I saw a woman who lives next door…
Since the start of this year, 83 Tibetan women have been sterilised “through various means” in Chukok Sonak town, Rebkong district, under Qinghai province where Chinese authorities have launched a strict birth control…
In 1993, Topgyal, together with Sholpa Dawa, decided to do something concrete to make the world aware of the situation in Tibet. They began the task of putting together a list of current…