Press Archives
2008
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Situation extremely tense in Xiahe County, defiant monks in front of media tour disappears
– 09 May 2008
[Photo Release]
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China detains 32 monks in Chushul County
– 09 May 2008
[Press Release]
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Portraits of the Dalai Lama in Ngaba Kirti Monastery destroyed by Chinese authorities
– 09 May 2008
[Photo Release]
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A Tibetan woman succumbs to torture
– 05 May 2008
[Press Release]
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China's legal wrangle of Tibetan popular uprising: A Critique
– 03 May 2008
[Press Release]
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A Tibetan died of torture in Phenpo County
– 02 May 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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China jails 17 Tibetans in a "swift and quick" court proceeding
– 29 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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A Tibetan nomad shot dead in Amdo Golog, hundreds arrested
– 29 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Panchen Lama spends his 19th birthday under house arrest
– 25 April 2008
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China launches renewed "Patriotic Education" Campaign across all sections in Tibet
– 24 April 2008
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A former chief of Rong Gonchen Monastery in critical condition
– 18 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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China closes down Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastic School
– 17 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Over hundred Tibetans arrested in Rebkong County
– 17 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Pictures of Tibetans shot dead by Chinese armed police on 3 April 2008
– 17 April 2008
[Photo Release]
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A popular Tibetan religious figure, Geshe Sonam Phuntsok, passes away in Kardze
– 15 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Monks of Drepung Monastery detained during Patriotic Education campaign
– 14 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Around 70 monks of Ramoche Temple detain in midnight raid, whereabouts still unknown
– 9 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Tortured monk released in unstable mental condition
– 9 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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China arrests over 2300 Tibetans in Tibet
– 5 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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At least eight shot dead in Tongkor Monastery in Kardze
– 5 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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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]
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Two monks commit suicide in Amdo Ngaba
– 4 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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A new phase of defiance: Nuns of Tawu County hold prayer session for those killed in recent crackdown
– 4 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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In solidarity, Tibetans march with prayers in Tsolho
– 3 April 2008
[Press Release]
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Fresh Pictures depicts large numbers of Chinese army convoy deploy in Sertha County, Kardze "TAP" Sichuan Province.
– 3 April 2008
[Photo Release]
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China arrest over 572 monks from Kirti Monastery in two-day raid
– 1 April 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Over hundred of monks arrested after a raid in Ngaba Kirti Monastery
– 28 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Elderly woman brutally beaten during Township meeting
– 27 March 2008
[Press Release]
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Protest erupts after prayer for deceased in Drango County
– 26 March 2008
[Press Release]
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Death toll rise to 79, over 1200 arrests and more than 100 disappear in Tibet
– 25 March 2008
[Press Release]
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One shot dead and another in critical condition in Drango protest
– 24 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Pictures of Tibetans protesting in Chigdril County, Golog "TAP", Qinghai Province, on 17 March 2008
– 24 March 2008
[Photo Release]
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Hundreds of Tibetans protested in Chentsa, Malho "TAP", Qinghai Province
– 23 March 2008
[Press Release]
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Tibetan MPs and many others join TCHRD’s Solidarity Movement!
– 23 March 2008
[Press Statement]
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Fresh ultimatum issued in Gansu for Tibetans to surrender
– 21 March 2008
[Press Release]
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Tibetans facing massive arrest drive in Tibet
– 20 March 2008
[Press Release]
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Middle school student shot dead in Ngaba County
– 20 March 2008
[Press Release]
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Join TCHRD movement to end killings, arbitrary arrests, inhumane torture and enforced disappearances in Tibet
– 20 March 2008
[Press Statement]
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More protests reported from Achok Tsenyi and Dzoge Monastery in Tibet
– 19 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Hundreds of Tibetans protested in Kanlho, Gansu
– 19 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Atleast three Tibetans shot dead in Kardze Protest
– 18 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Hundreds protest in Amdo Bora
– 18 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Thousands of Tibetans Protested in Sertha County, Kardze
– 18 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Photographic evidence of the bloody crackdown on peaceful protesting Tibetan at Ngaba County, Sichuan Province, on 16 March 2008
– 18 March 2008
[Photo Release]
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New cases of arrests and detentions reported from Lithang
– 18 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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500 Hundred monks protest in Kanlho, Gansu Province
– 18 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Thirty Tibetan protestors arrested in Toelung Dechen County
– 18 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Hundreds of Tibetan devotees protest in Amdo Golog
– 17 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Fresh Pictures of Tibetan protesters' dead bodies and crackdown by the Chinese security forces.
– 17 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Tibetan students demonstrate in Tsoe City
– 17 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Fresh Pictures: University students join the protest demonstration in Lanzhuo, Gansu Province, eastern Tibet
– 17 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Fresh demonstration broke out in Amdo Mangra
– 17 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Sporadic protests reported from Meldrogungkar and Phenpo Lhundup
– 17 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Around 40 middle school students arrested in Marthang
– 17 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Mass abductions in midnight raids by Chinese security forces in Lhasa
– 16 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Students staged a protest in eastern Tibet
– 16 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Eight dead bodies brought into Ngaba Kirti Monastery
– 16 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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Fresh Protest broke out in Rebkong
– 16 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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At least seven shot dead in demonstration in Ngaba County
– 16 March 2008
[Press Release]
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News Just in: Fresh protest by Amdo Ngaba Kirti monks
– 16 March 2008
[Press Release]
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Fresh protests in Amdo Labrang
– 15 March 2008
[Press Release]
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Death toll mounts as Tibet Uprising Continues: TCHRD calls upon UN to send a Fact Finding Mission
– 15 March 2008
[Press Release]
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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
[Press Release]
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Mobile phone pictures depict intensity of demonstration in Amdo Labrang
– 14 March 2008
[Press Release]
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Tension intensifies in Lhasa
– 14 March 2008
[Press Release]
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Tibet reeling under tense situation- Nuns of Chutsang Nunnery join the protest
– 14 March 2008
[For Immediate Release]
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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
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TCHRD fears torture and inhumane treatment on the arrestees from Barkhor protest on Tibetan Uprising Day
– 12 March 2008
[press Release]
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Scores of Tibetans arrested for peaceful protest in Lhasa
– 11 March 2008
[press Release]
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Monk sentenced to three years term for "inciting masses"
– 02 February 2008
[press Release]
2007
2006
2005
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INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
– 10 December 2005
[press statement]
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Five monks from Drepung Monastery in Lhasa arrested after conduct of "patriotic re-education" campaign
– 30 November 2005
[news brief]
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Mass silent protest in Tibet’s Drepung Monastery following China’s continued implementation of "patriotic education"
– 29 November 2005
[press release]
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Memorandum to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture visiting Tibet and China
– 11 November 2005
[news brief]
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A young monk dies under mysterious circumstances following the "patriotic education" campaign in Drepung monastery
– 08 November 2005
[press release]
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China recommences "patriotic education" campaign in Tibet’s monastic institutions
– 13 October 2005
[news brief]
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Tibetans jailed in Nepal, deportation likely
– 11 October 2005
[press release]
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China intensifies control in Lhasa during the 40th Founding Anniversary of "Tibet Autonomous Region"
– September 9, 2005
[press release]
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Arrest of Tibetan monks for postings calling for freedom in Tibet
– July 15, 2005
[press release]
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Two monks sentenced to three years for pasting posters
– May 13, 2005
[press release]
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Monks sentenced 11 years for Tibetan national flag
– May 11, 2005
[press release]
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Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama: Still disappeared
– April 25, 2005
[news brief]
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China's White Paper on Human Rights: Progress or Regress?
– April 16, 2005
[press release]
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Tibetan Culture website closed, editor-in-chief disappears
– April 1, 2005
[press release]
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No China Resolution at 61st Session of UNCHR
– March 19, 2005
[news brief]
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Tibetan prisoner serving life sentence dies in prison
– February 4, 2005
[press release]
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Human Rights Situation in Tibet: Annual Report 2004
– February 7, 2005
[press release]
2004
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Death Sentence For Bangri Rinpoche Commuted to Life Imprisonment
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December 16, 2004
[press release]
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Human Rights Day Statement (10 December 2004)
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December 9, 2004
[press statement]
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China relaunches "Strike hard" campaign to curb Tibetan
dissidence and religion
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November 8, 2004
[press release]
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Save Trulku Tenzin Delek from execution
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October 27, 2004
[press release]
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China releases Geshe Sonam Phuntsok upon completion of prison term
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October 26, 2004
[press release]
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Tibetans arrested for protesting against mining activity
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September 16, 2004
[press release]
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Ngawang Woeser, A prominent architect of the
September 27, 1987 demonstration, released
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July 8, 2004
[press release]
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TCHRD commemorates UN International Day in support of
victims of torture
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June 25, 2004
[press statement]
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China's White Paper on Regional Ethnic Autonomy in Tibet:
Yet Another Total Whitewash
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May 25, 2004
[press release]
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TCHRD commemorates XIth Panchen Lama's 15th birthday
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April 25, 2004
[press statement]
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Five students from Tibet University detained, one expelled
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April 14 2004
[news brief]
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China's White Paper on Human Rights: A Whitewash
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April 6, 2004
[press release]
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Phuntsok Nyidron, Tibet's longest serving female political prisoner
released by China after 15 years
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February 27, 2004
[press release]
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2003 Annual Report: Human Rights Situation in Tibet
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February 4, 2004
[press release]
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Drapchi 14 nun-prisoner Namdrol Lhamo released
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February 3, 2004
[press release]
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Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok, abbot of Serthar Buddhist Institute, dies
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January 7, 2004
[press release]
2003
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A Tibetan Teacher sentenced to five years' imprisonment term
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December 16, 2003
[press release]
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TCHRD Commemorates 55th Human Rights Day
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December 10, 2003
[press statement]
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Trulku Tenzin Delek: a year since the death verdict
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December 2, 2003
[press statement]
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Anti-Dalai Lama campaign intensifies in Kardze and Lithang County
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November 14, 2003
[press release]
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Four monks receive lengthy imprisonment terms
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October 18, 2003
[press release]
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Disappeared Tibetan surfaces, sentenced to five years' imprisonment
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October 13, 2003
[press release]
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Prisoner on medical parole succumbs to torture inflicted in prison
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October 3, 2003
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Ngaba Kirti Monastic School closed, patron disappears
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September 24, 2003
[press release]
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Close aide of Chadrel Rinpoche still in custody
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August 28, 2003
[press release]
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Memorandum to Foreign Minister of Netherlands on his upcoming visit to China
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August 22, 2003
[news brief]
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Environmental drive threatens nomadic livelihood
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August 21, 2003
[press release]
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Condolence Message
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August 20, 2003
[press statement]
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China releases monk serving seven years' sentence
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July 31, 2003
[press release]
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Memorandum to USCIRF on religious freedom in Tibet
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July 31, 2003
[news brief]
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Memorandum to Australian Delegation visiting Tibet
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July 30, 2003
[news brief]
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UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
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June 26, 2003
[press statement]
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A Tibetan detainee released from Nepali jail
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June 18, 2003
[news brief]
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China detains four Tibetans from Serthar Institute
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June 2, 2003
[press release]
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Tibetan detainees deported under Chinese pressure
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May 31, 2003
[press release]
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Tibetan detainees await uncertain fate
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May 30, 2003
[press release]
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Risk of deportation for Tibetans in Nepali jail
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May 29, 2003
[press release]
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Dams project to forcefully displace local inhabitants
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May 12, 2003
[press release]
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Two monks arrested, whereabouts of one unknown
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May 1, 2003
[news brief]
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Torture and ill-treatment: Fear for safety
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April 28, 2003
[press release]
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The eighth consecutive year since Gedhun Choekyi Nyima disappeared
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April 25, 2003
[press statement]
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Ngawang Sangdrol reaches the United States for medical treatment
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March 29, 2003
[press release]
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New arrests in connection to Trulku Tenzin Delek
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March 13, 2003
[press release]
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2002 Annual Report: Human Rights Situation in Tibet
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February 10, 2003
[press release]
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TCHRD condemns the shocking execution of Lobsang Dhundup and the reaffirmation of Trulku Tenzin Delek's death sentence
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January 28, 2003
[press release]
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Row erupted over reconstruction at Serthar Institute
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January 10, 2003
[press release]
2002
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Three more Tibetans arrested in Nepal
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December 25, 2002
[news brief]
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Memorandum to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
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December 19, 2002
[news brief]
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Update on the two Tibetans sentenced to death
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December 16, 2002
[news brief]
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On Human Rights Day TCHRD condemns the death sentence passed on two Tibetans by China.
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December 10, 2002
[press statement]
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China sentenced two Tibetans to Death
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December 5, 2002
[press release]
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Death of a Tibetan prisoner of conscience due to torture
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November 20, 2002
[press release]
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Memorandum to the CCP's newly-elected Politburo
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November 15, 2002
[press release]
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China frees Tibet's longest serving female political prisoner
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October 18, 2002
[press release]
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TCHRD accreditation rejected
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May 31, 2002
[press statement]
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China attacks TCHRD's participation in World Summit
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May 23, 2002
[press statement]
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TCHRD commemorates the 13th birthday of the XIth Panchen Lama
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April 25, 2002
[press statement]
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Film footage smuggled out of Tibet shows destruction of Tibet's largest religious institute.
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April 19, 2002
[press release]
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Leading Tibetan social activist arrested
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April 18, 2002
[press release]
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Freedom at last for Tibet's longest serving political prisoner
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April 4, 2002
[press release]
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Chadrel Rinpoche released from prison but under house arrest
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February 20, 2002
[press release]
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TCHRD welcomes Ngawang Choephel's release
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January 21, 2002
[press release]
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New report on human rights violations in Tibet in 2001
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January 7, 2002
[press release]
2001
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Monk detained for listening to the Dalai Lama's teachings
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October 5, 2001
[press release]
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Nepali authorities imprison 10 Tibetans for 10 years for failing to possess official papers
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September 19, 2001
[press release]
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Arrested Mother released with her baby from Nepal jail
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August 28, 2002
[news brief]
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Chadrel Rinpoche's fate unknown
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August 24, 2001
[press release]
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Drapchi Prison: Tibet's most dreaded prison
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August 21, 2001
[press release]
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Chinese authorities closed down a private Tibetan School
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August 21, 2002
[news brief]
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Trulku Tenzin Delek detained in Dartsedo County
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August 2, 2002
[news brief]
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Life Imprisonment and heavy prison sentences for six sog residents
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July 27, 2001
[press release]
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Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery faces danger of closure
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July 22, 2002
[news brief]
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China strengthens Anti-Dalai Lama campaign
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July 13, 2001
[press release]
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Exile returnee arrested, whereabouts unknown
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July 8, 2002
[news brief]
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Gyaltsen Dolkar released
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June 25, 2002
[news brief]
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Geshe Sonam Phuntsok's continued detention raises concern
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June 21, 2002
[news brief]
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Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok to return to Serthar Institute shortly
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June 20, 2002
[news brief]
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Six years for the Dalai Lama video
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June 14, 2001
[press release]
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Demolitions continue at the Serthar Buddhist Institute
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June 3, 2002
[news brief]
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China unleashes "Strike Hard" campaign in Tibet
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May 16, 2001
[press release]
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Tibetan nun dies in prison
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February 27, 2001
[press release]
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Death of a political prisoner
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February 22, 2001
[press release]
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Relatives recover corpse of a Tibetan monk
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February 22, 2001
[press release]
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Enforcing Loyalty: Annual Report 2000
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January 6, 2001
[press release]
2000
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TCHRD Releases new report on racism
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[press release]
November 28, 2000
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60 year-old prisoner dies in custody
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November 22, 2000
[press release]
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Exile students forced to return to Tibet
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August 28, 2000
[press release]
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Intensification of ban on children of cadres and government employees going to schools in India
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August 25, 2000
[press release]
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29 Tibetan tour guides dismissed
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August 16, 2000
[press release]
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Additional information on the group of students returning to Tibet to visit their Families
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August 14, 2000
[press release]
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Eight Tibetans arrested in Sog County
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August 9, 2000
[press release]
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Forceful withdrawal of juvenile monks and nuns
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August 8, 2000
[press release]
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Prison sentence doubled for nine Tibetans in the aftermath of Kandze arrest
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June 9, 2000
[press release]
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Reting monks arrested
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June 1, 2000
[press release]
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Detention of Tibetan students during vacation in Tibet
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May 24, 2000
[press release]
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Chinese government denies Drapchi Prison protests ever happened
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April 27, 2000
[press release]
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Statement on the Chinese censure resolution at the United Nations
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April 19, 2000
[press release]
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Tibet: Tightening of Control
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January 3, 2000
[press release]
1999
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More Information regarding the Karze protest
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November 11, 1999
[press release]
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More information regarding the recent protest in Karze County
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November 6, 1999
[press release]
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Chinese Police opened fire
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November 4, 1999
[press release]
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HR group demands China to produce Tashi Tsering
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October 26, 1999
[press release]
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Tashi Tsering dies
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October 13, 1999
[press release]
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Tightened security in Tibet
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October 8, 1999
[press release]
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Tashi Tsering hospitalised
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October 8, 1999
[press release]
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Ngawang Jinpa dies after repeated beatings
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September 8, 1999
[press release]
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For immediate release of Tibetan translator
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August 27, 1999
[press release]
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Immediate Release of Ngawang Sangdrol: The longest-serving female political prisoner in Tibet
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August 3, 1999
[press release]
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TCHRD condemns ban on the Fulan Gong sect by China
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July 28, 1999
[press release]
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Two Tibetan activists sentenced
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July 26, 1999
[press release]
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Chinese academics become China's official mouthpiece
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May 29, 1999
[press release]
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Urgent Action Appeal: Stop Population Transfer in Tibet
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May 20, 1999
[press release]
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A prominent political prisoner from Amdo released
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May 15, 1999
[press release]
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Ngawang Samphel Drepung Monastery monk re-arrested
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May 6, 1999
[press release]
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The tenth birth anniversary of the XIth Panchen Lama
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April 25, 1999
[press statement]
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Tibetan Died as a result of torture in prison
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April 14, 1999
[press release]
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Dedicated Tibetan disappeared
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April 7, 1999
[press release]
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TCHRD's response to US Senate's call for a resolution at the United Nations on China's human rights abuses
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March 4, 1999
[press release]
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Tibet: Crackdown on Humanity: Human Rights Violations in 1998
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January 11, 1999
[press release]
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Tales of Terror: Torture in Tibet
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January 5, 1999
[press release]
1998
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Statement on the 50th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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December 10, 1998
[press statement]
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Ngawang Choephel transferred to Powo Tramo Prison
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November 27, 1998
[press release]
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Ngawang Choephel transferred to Drapchi Prison
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November 5, 1998
[press release]
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Appalling prison conditions in Tibet
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October 27, 1998
[press release]
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Parents forced to bring back their children from India
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October 23, 1998
[press release]
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Relentless Chinese birth control policy in Tibet
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October 17, 1998
[press release]
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China's signing the international Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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October 7, 1998
[press release]
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Response to misleading comments from Italian Delegation
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September 30, 1998
[press release]
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Dead nun identified
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August 1, 1998
[press release]
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Seven deaths in Drapchi Prison
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June 29, 1998
[press release]
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Tibetan political prisoner dies after release
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June 4, 1998
[press release]
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Three Drapchi prisoners executed
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May 28, 1998
[press release]
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Firing at Tibetan Prisoners - severe repression continues in Drapchi
–
May 18, 1998
[press release]
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Firing at Tibetan political prisoners - Update
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May 18 1998
[press release]
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Firing at 150 Tibetan political prisoners
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May 16, 1998
[press release]
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Over 3,993 monks and nuns expelled: religious repression continues in Tibet
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April 1, 1998
[press release]
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Appeal denied: life sentence for Tibetan political prisoner
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March 30, 1998
[press release]
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Death in Custody of Tibetan Political Prisoner
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January 31, 1998
[press release]
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A 30 month nightmare: Mother's plea to see imprisoned son ignored
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January 27, 1998
[press release]
1997
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China grants release to Tibetan prisoners: A token gesture
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September 17, 1997
[press release]
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The Next Generation: The State of Education in Tibet Today
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September 11, 1997
[press release]
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41 Years in Chinese Prison
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September 3, 1997
[press release]
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A Mothers Cry Unheard:
Sonam Dekyi, Mother of Ngawang Choephel, pleads to see her son in Tibet
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July 28, 1997
[press release]
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Birth control policy in Tibet:
308 Tibetan women sterilized and 1 Dies after forced abortion
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July 17, 1997
[press release]
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China's latest suppression of Tibetan language in schools
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June 23, 1997
[press release]
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TIBET: Gedun Choekyi Nyima, XIth Panchen Lama
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May 14, 1997
[press release]
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Tibet University
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April 18, 1997
[press release]
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Tibetan farmer faces threat of execution
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January 29, 1997
[press release]
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Tibetan Political Prisoners Escape from Prison
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January 27, 1997
[press release]
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