A Tibetan magazine editor has been sentenced to four years in prison on unknown charges. From Reuters: Tashi Rabten, an editor of banned magazine Eastern Snow Mountain, was sentenced on June 2 by a court in Aba prefecture, a...
Read MoreThe BBC is reporting that local residents outside the Kirti Monastery in Sichuan are engaged in a stand-off with security forces. There have been reports of a crackdown in the region after a monk at the monastery committed...
Read MoreProtests erupted in Aba prefecture, Sichuan, after a Tibetan monk burned himself to death in protest against government controls. From Reuters: The self-immolation appeared to be a small repeat of protests that gripped Tibetan...
Read MoreThe governor of Tibet has spoken out against the Dalai Lama’s remarks that he may not be reincarnated upon his death, and says that he must respect Buddhist religious traditions, with the approval of the Communist Party....
Read MoreRinchen Samdrup, brother of recently jailed Karma Samdrup, for inciting to split the country. From Reuters: A Chinese court on Saturday sentenced a Tibetan environmentalist who organized villagers to pick up litter and plant...
Read MoreThe New York Times reports on the trial of Tibetan businessman Karma Samdrup, as part of a broader crackdown on prominent members of the Tibetan community since the riots in Lhasa in 2008: Exile groups and rights advocates say...
Read MoreThe case of Tibetan environmentalist Rinchen Samdrup has been delayed, according to a report from the Associated Press: An award-winning Tibetan environmentalist’s trial on separatism charges has been put on hold, the...
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: For a second straight year, the Chinese government has increased security across parts of the vast Tibetan plateau to dissuade any Tibetans from holding protests this week to mark the anniversaries of...
Read MoreFrom the Associated Press: Tibetans have decided against celebrating the Lunar New Year for a second year in remembrance of the suffering of people inside Tibet, the Dalai Lama said Sunday. The Tibetan spiritual leader asked his...
Read MoreThe Washington Post reports on another source of tension between Tibetans and the Han Chinese who are doing business in Tibet: The Chinese government is on high alert this week, bracing for the possibility of protests as...
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