Ngawang Sangpo is a 31-year-old from Medro Gongkar County under Lhasa City. A monk at Drepung Monastery, Ngawang was arrested on 5 September 1996 and sentenced to two years imprisonment for indulging in…
The right to education is guaranteed in the International Convention on the Rights of the Child to which the People’s Republic of China is a State Party. An interview was recently conducted by…
These were the last words spoken to Norbu and the monks of Drigung Thil Monastery before they were expelled. Below is his account of how Communist rule has changed his monastery and life…
The right to appeal is internationally recognised (International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 14(5)). Recently introduced amendments to China’s criminal law makes only minor modifications to its systems of appeals. The…
Reports of economic conditions in Dayab, Chamdo region, reveal that Tibetan farmers, who depend solely on seasonal farming of barley, have had to find new means of livelihood. Farmers have begun to search…
A 23-year-old Ramoche monk called Loedo, from Dayab, has been reported missing for eight months. Loedo, who had joined Ramoche Monastery in 1993, was reportedly arrested by PSB officials from the Ramoche Monastery…
Recent reports from Tibet detail the drastic changes which have taken place in Dayab Ma-gon Monastery, situated in the Dayab county of Chamdo region, under Chinese occupation. Most recently this has taken the…
Tibetan asylum seekers face serious dangers not only from the perilous crossing of the Himalayan mountains, but also in attempting to cross the border into Nepal. There is a consistent stream of reports…
Jampa Ngodrup, a doctor from Lhasa, is currently serving a 13-year prison sentence in Drapchi Prison in Tibet. He was charged as an “agent” for his efforts to record the names of those…
The Chinese Government’s policy of transferring Chinese settlers into Tibet represents an immediate threat to the existence of the Tibetan people. In contravention of humanitarian law which stipulates that “an occupying power shall…
China announced plans on 6 March to introduce harsh new provisions to its Criminal Law targeted at “terrorist” control in Tibet and Xinjiang. Stressing the need “to deal telling blows at such offences”,…