Human Rights Update and Archives

1999

December: Fear for Phuntsok Nyidron's health [ read ]; Drapchi Prison: Sentences extended, prisoners missing, guards open fire on prisoners [ read ]; Ngawang Choephel's detention arbitrary, says UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention [ read ]; Increase in a monks' sentence following Drapchi protest [ read ]; 1999 Annual Report: "Tibet: Tightening of Control" [ read ]
November: Chinese police open fire on 3,000 peaceful protestors [ read ]; Arrests of three monks [ read ]; Sinocisation of school syllabus [ read ]; Returning Tibetan faces detention [ read ]; Testimony of a juvenile political prisoner [ read ]; The cost of resistance [ read ]; Assault on religion: Patriotic re-education in monasteries [ read ]; Ngawang Dhipsel in critical health [ read ]
August: Tibetan translator detained in Qinghai [ read ]; Themchen refugee portrays injustice in Amdo [ read ]; "Work-Team" in Bora Monastery [ read ]; Family flees to seek education for their children [ read ]; Gyaye Phuntsok released on medical parole [ read ]; Profile of political prisoner [ read ]; Discrimination of Tibetans in work sector [ read ]
July: A nun's prison sentence extended to 21 years [ read ]; His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday banned [ read ]; Expulsion in Jha Khyung Monastery [ read ]; Closure of Gonsar Monastery [ read ]; Four Tibetan prisoners await verdicts [ read ]; Sera monk flees due to "re-education" [ read ]; Arrested monks sentenced [ read ]; Sera monks arrested [ read ]; Recipient of Reebok Human Rights Award receives another award [ read ]; Expulsion in Lamo Dechen Monastery [ read ]; Testimony of a former political prisoner [ read ]; A political prisoner tortured to death [ read ]; Death of an innocent man [ read ]; Religious institution in Lhatse County visited by "work team" [ read ]; Arrest update [ read ]; Tibetan lady oracle sentenced to eight years [ read ]; TCHRD condemns ban on the Fulan Gong sect by China [ read ]
June 30: Re-arrest of a former political prisoner [ read ]; "Work team" in Pekarthang Monastery [ read ]; Tibetan students face dual problems of unemployment and confiscation of land [ read ]; Revised birth control policy [ read ]; In the footsteps of his father [ read ]; Important announcement: Human Rights Update becomes monthly [ read ]; Correction [ read ]
June 15: Nun detained for eight months on suspicion [ read ]; Important announcement: Human Rights Update becomes monthly [ read ]; Discrimination in schools in Ngapa Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture [ read ]; Nun detained for six years for freedom activites [ read ]
May 31: A prominent political leader released [ read ]; Work team in Tsang Monastery [ read ]; Birth control in Nyandren Town [ read ]; Lithang man serving ten years for "counter revolutionary" crime [ read ]; Discrimination at Zoge School [ read ]
May 15: Drepung monk re-arrested [ read ]; Tortured for UN letter [ read ]; Religious crackdown in Kirti Monastery [ read ]; Profile: 15 years for Gaden monk [ read ]; Expulsion of monks in Drayab Monastery [ read ]; Crackdown at Drupde Monastery [ read ]
April 30: The 55TH UN Human Rights Commission and Tibet [ read ]; Ngawang Woeser adopted as PEN honorary member [ read ]; 15-year-old boy detained two months on suspicion [ read ]; An appeal letter from Tibet [ read ]; Patriotic re-education campaign continues [ read ]; Profile: Distribution of long life prayer leads to monk's arrest [ read ]; STOP PRESS! President Nelson Mandela to visit China [ read ]
April 15: Tibetan died as a result of torture in prison [ read ]; Dedicated Tibetan disappeared [ read ]; Silent protest banned [ read ]; Profile: Monks imprisoned for pasting posters [ read ]
March 31: Death of unrelenting freedom activist [ read ]; Persistent political prisoner [ read ]; Profile: Ngawang's Hard Fall in Life [ read ]
March 15: Atmosphere of "martial law" in Lhasa on 5 and 10 March 1999 [ read ]; Farm fields confiscated for building a plastic factory [ read ]; Arrested for religious gathering [ read ]; Appeal to member state of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights [ read ]; Sentence increased for defying prison rules [ read ]; Senior monk beaten to death [ read ]; Sponsor for this edition [ read ]
February 28: Testimony of a former political prisoner [ read ]; Press statement from TCHRD [ read ]; Work team operation continues [ read ]; Control in press [ read ]; Profile: 15 years for exercising rights [ read ]; Accounts from tourists who visited Tibet [ read ]
February 15: Imprisoned and tortured for voicing rights [ read ]; Death of a former political prisoner [ read ]; Injured nun identified, and confirmed death of another [ read ]; Profile: Fourteen years imprisonment on suspicion [ read ]; Forcible loan scheme [ read ]
January 31: Arrested for returning from India [ read ]; Gansu Province Prison No. 2 [ read ]; Closure of monastery [ read ]; Restrictions on freedom of education in Tibetan medical schools in Lhasa [ read ]; Death of Tibetan boy in Chinese gunfire [ read ]; Personal account of a former political prisoner [ read ]; Profile: Nun"s sentence extended for recording independence songs in drapchi [ read ]
January 15: Four years imprisonment for Demonstration [ read ]; 240 expelled from monastery -- Strike Hard Campaign [ read ]; Fined and expelled for arguing with "work team" members [ read ]; Media control by China [ read ]; "Work team" in Meeru Monastery [ read ]; Young Tibetan woman gang-raped while fleeing Tibet [ read ]; Profile [ read ]; Restructuring in Drapchi prison [ read ]