Human Rights Update and Archives

2010

December [ html] [ pdf 348K ]: UN expert on food tells government of China not to force herders to sell their herd and resettle [ read ]; Monk sentenced to three years prison term [ read ]; Monks on the Run Escape into Exile [ read ]; Tibetan political prisoner in critical health condition [ read ]; TCHRD Press Statement on the 62nd Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights [ read ]; Teachers and students appeal to keep Tibetan as the primary language of instruction [ read ]; Three Writers Sentenced from three to four years in prison [ read ]
November [ html] [ pdf 122K ]: Two Tibetans Sentence to Lengthy Prison Term [ read ]; Jangpa Chung la passes away [ read ]; Summary - US Releases Annual International Religious Freedom Report [ read ]
October [ html] [ pdf 233K ]: Change in Bilingual Education Policy to Drastically Sideline Tibetan language [ read ]; Rebkong Students Rise Against Sinicization of Education [ read ]; Heavy sentences for Drepung Monks [ read ]; Congratulations to Mr. Liu Xiaobo for winning the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize [ read ]; Pangri-Na Nun Released in Unstable Mental Condition [ read ]; Release ofIntellectuals [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; Geshe Sonam Phuntsok’s biography [ read ]; Centre talk [ read ]; Workshop on Digital Security [ read ]
September [ html] [ pdf 233K ]: A Singing Nun’s Journey [ read ]; Missing Student Reportedly in Detention Center [ read ]; Acquiring a Job Means Rejecting Beliefs [ read ]; Protesting: One-Way Ticket to Expulsion [ read ]; A 2008 Experience [ read ]; Tibetan Patriotic Music Leads to Arrest [ read ]; Thirteen Years in Prison [ read ]; A Tibetan arrests in Ngaba County [ read ]; Tibetan monk jailed for 13 years [ read ]; Two Tibetan Writers Arrested in Barkham County [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; Centre conducts workshop on up coming election of Exile Tibetan Leaders [ read ]
August [ html] [ pdf 267K ]: China Holds Conferences on Tibet’s Public Security and Monastic Activities [ read ]; Tibetans: Victims of Pay Discrimination [ read ]; Love Buddhism, Love Tibet [ read ]; Tibetan Tycoon Sentenced to Life [ read ]; Four Students Arrested for their Publications [ read ]; Tibetan Monk Arrested for the Third Time [ read ]; Seven Women Denied Access to Trulkul Tenzin Delek [ read ]; Another Banned Face in Tibet [ read ]; One More Tibetan Intellectual Arrested [ read ]; Two Tibetan Writers Arrested in Barkham County [ read ]
July [ html] [ pdf 234K ]: Six Family Members Arbitrarily Detained and Sentenced Over Their Activism [ read ]; Banned Lyrics, Reactionary Songs [ read ]; Patriotic Reeducation Leads to Monk’s Suicide [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; Training on UN Human Rights Systems [ read ]; Talk Series on Upcoming 2011 Elections [ read ]
June [ html] [ pdf 312K ]: China Sentences a Tibetan Activist for 15 Years in Prison [ read ]; Chinese Authorities Enforce a Broader Crackdown on Tibetan Cultural Figures [ read ]; TCHRD Commemorates 13th UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture [ read ]; 3 More Tibetan Monks Arrested in Jomda County [ read ]; China Bans Religious Practice in Tibetan Schools in TAR [ read ]; A Tibetan Writer Freed from Detention Centre [ read ]; Three Tibetan Writers Severely Beaten by Chinese Police [ read ]; Tibetan Arrested in Pelyul County [ read ]
May [ html] [ pdf 247K ]: Lhasa Court sentences one Tibetan to death and five to lengthy prison terms [ read ]; China arrest six monks in early morning raids in Jomda [ read ]; Chinese police open fire on Tibetan protesters in Labrang [ read ]; China renews mining operation in Markham County [ read ]; China introduced a new rule to prevent printing and photocopying services in Lhasa [ read ]; Two Tibetans arrested in Sertha for protest [ read ]; A Tibetan teacher sentenced to 15 years in Nagchu [ read ]; China bans evidence from torture in the Detention Centre [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; Talk series on the 2011 elections [ read ]; More talk series [ read ]
April [ html] [ pdf 213K ]: Press Statement on the 21st Birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima: the XIth Panchen Lama of Tibet [ read ]; Biography of former political prisoner Lhamo Kyab [ read ]; Tibetan students staged peaceful protest in Machu County [ read ]; Language teacher arrested in Machu, whereabouts unknown [ read ]; China arrests monk after protest in Nyarong County [ read ]; More than 30 Tibetan Primary Students detained, one expelled in Sertha County [ read ]; A lone protester calling for proper allocation of earthquake relief arrested [ read ]
March [ html] [ pdf 186K ]: Chinese court sentences Serthar monk to lengthy prison term [ read ]; China arrests three monks, closes school in Qinghai [ read ]; China launches “Strike Hard” Campaign ahead of sensitive anniversary [ read ]; China detains hundreds of Tibetans in Lhasa under “Strike Hard Campaign” [ read ]; Tibetan Students Stage Protest in Machu [ read ]; High school students arrested following protest in Gansu [ read ]; Teachers sacked from school for allegedly inciting students protest [ read ]; China arrests protesting teenage monks in Sertha [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; South Asia Regional Consultation Meeting with the UN Expert on Food [ read ]; TCHRD begins talk series on upcoming elections of exile leaders [ read ]
February [ html] [ pdf 174K ]: A Tibetan sentenced to suspended death sentence, two others to life and 16 years in prison in Nyarong [ read ]