Human Rights Update and Archives

1997

December 31: China in Tibet: Striking hard against human rights [ read ]; Arrests and demonstrations from 1997 January [ read ]; To get the second annual report [ read ]
December 15: Freedom of expression void [ read ]; Birth control policy in Amdo [ read ]; 85 Tibetan women sterilised [ read ]; Re-education [ read ]; New temple and monastic rules [ read ]; More monasteries targeted [ read ]; Airport expansion in Lhoka [ read ]; Two nuns expelled [ read ]
November 30: Tortured for defending Panchen Lama [ read ]; Comedian suffers mental breakdown [ read ]; Compulsory slaughter [ read ]; Forced recruitment [ read ]; Profile: Body broke, spirit strong [ read ]
November 15: Monk suffers in six different prisons [ read ]; Memories of prison labour sends chills [ read ]; More work team imprisonments [ read ]; Profile: Sentenced to 17 years for "espionage" [ read ]; New arrests of monks for posters [ read ]
October 31: Couple imprisoned [ read ]; Principal arrested [ read ]; New arrest [ read ]; A child's dream of school [ read ]; Disappearance [ read ]; Monk dies in prison [ read ]; Profile: 17-year sentence for political activities [ read ]
October 15: Seven more Serwa monks arrested [ read ]; Editor disappeared [ read ]; Three Amdo men sentenced for "espionage" [ read ]; Popular singer disappeared [ read ]; Tashi Lhunpo monks continue to face harrasment [ read ]
September 30: Heavy taxation threatens survival of Tibetans [ read ]; Profile: An unsung hero of Tibetan struggle [ read ]
September 15: Six arrested prior to Hong Kong handover [ read ]; Chadrel Rinpoché in secret prison cell [ read ]; Woman fined for pregnancy [ read ]; Chinese business [ read ]; Prisoner's appeal in vain [ read ]; Six years for Drayab monks [ read ]; Profile: Monk takes responsibility for Tibet booklet and is sentenced to 12 years [ read ]; 63-year-old arrested [ read ]; The Next Generation: The State of Education in Tibet Today - A report by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy [ read ]
August 31: Tibetan executed on false charges [ read ]; 83 Tibetan women sterilised [ read ]; Dead child delivered after forced contraceptive [ read ]; Hermits forced to give up retreat [ read ]; Profile: Six years for prisoners list [ read ]
August 15: The risk of returning to Tibet [ read ]; Three new Gutsa prisoners [ read ]; Chinese taxation and the life of a Tibetan nomad [ read ]; "Re-education" extends to Hermits [ read ]; Profile: Restaurant manager serves 12 years for "incitement" of youth [ read ]; Lhasa's new prison facilities [ read ]
July 31: China's birth control policy in Tibet [ read ]; Painter's suicide in prison [ read ]; Spiritual head imprisoned for mining protests [ read ]; Signature campaign for Sonam Dekyi [ read ]; Profile: The sacrifices of a man and his family [ read ]; Destruction of Tibet's forests [ read ]
July 15: Prisoner miscarries [ read ]; Arrests in Rebkong [ read ]; China's gold mining in Tibet [ read ]; Profile: Struggle in Drapchi [ read ]; Procuratorate flees Tibet to learn the truth [ read ]
June 30: Tibet in ruins [ read ]; Chinese colonisation [ read ]; "My land, our land" [ read ]; Nunnery expansion at a halt [ read ]; Profile: 14 years for posters and songs [ read ]; Hermits targeted for new taxes [ read ]
June 15: "Political prisoners in Tibet are treated worse than criminals" [ read ]; Tashi Gang monks in prison [ read ]; Students of Tibetan restricted [ read ]; Seven years in prison in Tibet [ read ]; Hong Kong takeover nerves [ read ]; Profile: Monk's life in one of the most dreaded prisons in Tibet [ read ]; Birth control cover-up in "TAR" [ read ]
May 31: Independence: "A daylight dream" [ read ]; "Between the sky and the Earth where communist China rules, no one is to rejoin any monastery" [ read ]; Population transfer [ read ]; Profile: He barely escaped execution [ read ]; Songs of freedom [ read ]
May 15: Sentencing of three involved in Panchen Lama issue [ read ]; Chimney torture for monk activist [ read ]; Profile: Chadrel Rinpoche - the man who found the XI Panchen Lama [ read ]; Painter dies in prison [ read ]; Appeal letter from Drapchi political prisoners [ read ]; Panchen Lama: a chidlhood lost [ read ]; Results of Panchen Lama art competition [ read ]
April 30: Imprisoned for protesting environmental destruction in Tibet [ read ]; "Spring Action" [ read ]; Group rape at Nepalese border [ read ]; Prisoner updates [ read ]; Boat tragedy causes 23 deaths [ read ]; Profile: Labourer sentenced to 16 years and denied visits from dying wife [ read ]
April 15: Protecting the child? [ read ]; New arrests [ read ]; Violations in monasteries and sacred sites [ read ]; More protests [ read ]; Business overrides human rights in the UN [ read ]; Profile: Nun receives 12 years solely for her expression of beliefs [ read ]; Tibetan tour guides sacked [ read ]
March 31: Monk commits suicide rather than be "re-educated" [ read ]; Disappearance [ read ]; Economic discrimination [ read ]; Legal appeals in China's criminal law [ read ]
March 15: Free Tibet leaflet leads to Chamdo monk's death [ read ]; Imprisoned nun: I have no fear of dying in prison [ read ]; Harsh new Chinese criminal laws [ read ]; Profile: Doctor serving 13 years in prison [ read ]; Population transfer threat [ read ]
February 28: Child prisoners in Tibet [ read ]; Tibet's longest-serving female prisoners [ read ]; Escape from Chok-Treh prison [ read ]; Help take Tibet to the UN [ read ]; Independence clashes in Eastern Turkestan [ read ]; Profile: Undying spirit even behind bars [ read ]; Human rights education campaign [ read ]
February 15: Letter from Tibet: Increase in unchecked violence [ read ]; Nuns flee from repression [ read ]; Snow storm victims deprived of foreign relief [ read ]; Whereabouts of arrested monk unknown [ read ]; Freedom of expression restricted [ read ]; Another arrest [ read ]; Profile: Tibetans imprisoned for life sentences [ read ]; USA condemns China's human rights record: Senate resolution [ read ]; Human rights report [ read ]; Children flee Tibet [ read ]
January 31: Female prisoners suffer inhuman torture [ read ]; Cases of torture in Drapchi prison [ read ]; Hunger strike in Drapchi prison [ read ]; Prison terms for monks [ read ]; Cultural sites under threat [ read ]; An appeal from Tibet [ read ]; Rinzin Wangyal sentenced to 16 years [ read ]; Profile: Chamdo monks imprisoned up to 15 years [ read ]
January 15: "Strike Hard" expulsions of monks [ read ]; Prisoners in labour camp [ read ]; Life sentence reduced to 18 years [ read ]; A mother's appeal to see her son [ read ]