• Situation extremely tense in Xiahe County, defiant monks in front of media tour disappears – 09 May 2008 [Photo Release]

The situation at Labrang Monastery in Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) County is extremely tense today. Thousands of People's Armed Police (PAP) and Public Security Bureau (PSB) personnels have surrounded Labrang Monastery in the aftermath of arrest of hundreds of monks, according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).

• China detains 32 monks in Chushul County – 09 May 2008 [Press Release]

China detains 32 monks of Ratoe Monastery in Chushul Public Security Bureau (PSB) Detention Centre, according to reliable information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).

• Portraits of the Dalai Lama in Ngaba Kirti Monastery destroyed by Chinese authorities – 09 May 2008 [Photo Release]

Around 28 March 2008, a strong contingent of People's Armed Police and Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials stormed the Ngaba Kirti Monastery in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) County, Sichuan Province, to search for incriminating materials in the monastery. Earlier hard evidence in the form of photographs depicting the authorities brutal crack down on the protests which led to death of scores of Tibetans ...

• A Tibetan woman succumbs to torture – 05 May 2008 [Press Release]

A Tibetan woman in Ngaba County died after being subjected to brutal torture by the Chinese prison guards, according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).

• China's legal wrangle of Tibetan popular uprising: A Critique – 03 May 2008 [Press Release]

Beginning from 10 March 2008, Tibet saw mass popular uprisings in the "Tibet Autonomous Region" ("TAR") and the Tibetan areas outside the "TAR". The pan-Tibet political uprising is an eruption of popular resentment against the Chinese authorities' five decades of misrule in Tibet which saw systematic gross violations of human rights in every sphere of life, and ..

• A Tibetan died of torture in Phenpo County – 02 May 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• China jails 17 Tibetans in a "swift and quick" court proceeding – 29 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• A Tibetan nomad shot dead in Amdo Golog, hundreds arrested – 29 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Panchen Lama spends his 19th birthday under house arrest – 25 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• China launches renewed "Patriotic Education" Campaign across all sections in Tibet – 24 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• A former chief of Rong Gonchen Monastery in critical condition – 18 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• China closes down Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastic School – 17 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Over hundred Tibetans arrested in Rebkong County – 17 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Pictures of Tibetans shot dead by Chinese armed police on 3 April 2008 – 17 April 2008 [Photo Release]
• A popular Tibetan religious figure, Geshe Sonam Phuntsok, passes away in Kardze – 15 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Monks of Drepung Monastery detained during Patriotic Education campaign – 14 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Around 70 monks of Ramoche Temple detain in midnight raid, whereabouts still unknown – 9 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Tortured monk released in unstable mental condition – 9 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• China arrests over 2300 Tibetans in Tibet – 5 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• At least eight shot dead in Tongkor Monastery in Kardze – 5 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Fresh pictures depict the protest in Lhasa on 14 March 2008 and subsequent Chinese government crackdown against Tibetans in Lhasa – 5 April 2008 [Photo Release]
• Two monks commit suicide in Amdo Ngaba – 4 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• A new phase of defiance: Nuns of Tawu County hold prayer session for those killed in recent crackdown – 4 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• In solidarity, Tibetans march with prayers in Tsolho – 3 April 2008 [Press Release]
• Fresh Pictures depicts large numbers of Chinese army convoy deploy in Sertha County, Kardze "TAP" Sichuan Province. – 3 April 2008 [Photo Release]
• China arrest over 572 monks from Kirti Monastery in two-day raid – 1 April 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Over hundred of monks arrested after a raid in Ngaba Kirti Monastery – 28 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Elderly woman brutally beaten during Township meeting – 27 March 2008 [Press Release]
• Protest erupts after prayer for deceased in Drango County – 26 March 2008 [Press Release]
• Death toll rise to 79, over 1200 arrests and more than 100 disappear in Tibet – 25 March 2008 [Press Release]
• One shot dead and another in critical condition in Drango protest – 24 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Pictures of Tibetans protesting in Chigdril County, Golog "TAP", Qinghai Province, on 17 March 2008 – 24 March 2008 [Photo Release]
• Hundreds of Tibetans protested in Chentsa, Malho "TAP", Qinghai Province – 23 March 2008 [Press Release]
• Tibetan MPs and many others join TCHRD’s Solidarity Movement! – 23 March 2008 [Press Statement]
• Fresh ultimatum issued in Gansu for Tibetans to surrender – 21 March 2008 [Press Release]
• Tibetans facing massive arrest drive in Tibet – 20 March 2008 [Press Release]
• Middle school student shot dead in Ngaba County – 20 March 2008 [Press Release]
• Join TCHRD movement to end killings, arbitrary arrests, inhumane torture and enforced disappearances in Tibet – 20 March 2008 [Press Statement]
• More protests reported from Achok Tsenyi and Dzoge Monastery in Tibet – 19 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Hundreds of Tibetans protested in Kanlho, Gansu – 19 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Atleast three Tibetans shot dead in Kardze Protest – 18 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Hundreds protest in Amdo Bora – 18 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Thousands of Tibetans Protested in Sertha County, Kardze – 18 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Photographic evidence of the bloody crackdown on peaceful protesting Tibetan at Ngaba County, Sichuan Province, on 16 March 2008 – 18 March 2008 [Photo Release]
• New cases of arrests and detentions reported from Lithang – 18 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• 500 Hundred monks protest in Kanlho, Gansu Province – 18 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Thirty Tibetan protestors arrested in Toelung Dechen County – 18 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Hundreds of Tibetan devotees protest in Amdo Golog – 17 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Fresh Pictures of Tibetan protesters' dead bodies and crackdown by the Chinese security forces. – 17 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Tibetan students demonstrate in Tsoe City – 17 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Fresh Pictures: University students join the protest demonstration in Lanzhuo, Gansu Province, eastern Tibet – 17 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Fresh demonstration broke out in Amdo Mangra – 17 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Sporadic protests reported from Meldrogungkar and Phenpo Lhundup – 17 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Around 40 middle school students arrested in Marthang – 17 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Mass abductions in midnight raids by Chinese security forces in Lhasa – 16 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Students staged a protest in eastern Tibet – 16 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Eight dead bodies brought into Ngaba Kirti Monastery – 16 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• Fresh Protest broke out in Rebkong – 16 March 2008 [For Immediate Release]
• At least seven shot dead in demonstration in Ngaba County – 16 March 2008 [Press Release]
• News Just in: Fresh protest by Amdo Ngaba Kirti monks – 16 March 2008 [Press Release]
• Fresh protests in Amdo Labrang – 15 March 2008
• Death toll mounts as Tibet Uprising Continues: TCHRD calls upon UN to send a Fact Finding Mission – 15 March 2008
• Fresh Pictures: thousands of Tibetans demonstrated in Amdo Tashi Kyi Labrang, Sangchu County, Gansu Province in North Eastern Tibet on 15 March 2008 – 15 March 2008
• Mobile phone pictures depict intensity of demonstration in Amdo Labrang – 14 March 2008
• Tension intensifies in Lhasa – 14 March 2008
• Tibet reeling under tense situation- Nuns of Chutsang Nunnery join the protest – 14 March 2008
• Picture identities of visiting monk students of Sera Monastery arrested on 10 March 2008 from Barkhor Street, Lhasa, for their pro-Tibet protest. – 12 March 2008
• TCHRD fears torture and inhumane treatment on the arrestees from Barkhor protest on Tibetan Uprising Day – 12 March 2008
• Scores of Tibetans arrested for peaceful protest in Lhasa – 11 March 2008

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