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News · 5 Aug, 2025

Tibetans Vanish Without Trial: China’s Incommunicado Detention in Ngaba County Must End

Ngaba County in Sichuan Province (historical Amdo region of Tibet) continues to be a hotspot of repression, where Chinese authorities routinely detain Tibetans incommunicado &mdash…

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News · 01 Dec, 2024

China Jails Tibetan Activist for Exposing Environmental Destruction by Construction Giant

In yet another display of authoritarian control and disregard for the environment, China has sentenced 29-year-old Tibetan activist Tsongon Tsering to eight months in prison. His c…

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News · 30 Dec

Chinese authorities sentences Tibetan man to 11 years for alleged spreading rumour

Source: Tibet Times Lhakdor, a Tibetan man, has been reportedly sentenced to 11 years in prison by Chinese authorities for allegedly spreading rumors regarding Tibet's independ…

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News · 27 Nov

Tibetan Singer Golok Palden Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Singing Patriotic Song

Source: Tibet Times Tibetan singer Golok Palden has been sentenced to three years in prison by Chinese authorities in Pema County, Golok, for singing a Tibetan ‘patriotic son…

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News · 23 Oct

Former Tibetan Political Prisoner Wangchen Beaten and Hospitalized in Lhasa

Former Tibetan political prisoner Wangchen, who had recently been released from prison, found himself in a distressing situation in Lhasa, Occupied Tibet. He was reportedly beaten …

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News · 06 Oct

UN Expert Mary Lawlor Discloses Confidential Letter to China Regarding Nine Tibetan Environmental Defenders, Letter Now Made Public

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, has made a confidential letter addressed to China concerning the plight of nine Tibetan environmental defenders public…

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News · 22 Sep

Chinese Authorities unjustly sentence Uyghur Scholar Professor Rahile Dawut to Life Imprisonment

Chinese authorities have confirmed that renowned Uyghur intellectual and folklore expert, Professor Rahile Dawut , has been sentenced to life in prison for alleged state security o…

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News · 03 Aug

Tibetan Woman exposes Chinese Police brutality in Video Amidst wrongful imprisonment case

Gonpo Kyi, the courageous sister of wrongfully imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, has become a symbol of resistance against police brutality in Tibet. The shocking incide…

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News · 24 July

Chinese Authorities Erasing Records of Politically-Motivated Verdicts Against Tibetans, Concealing Repression

Chinese authorities have been systematically removing records of court verdicts involving Tibetans accused of "endangering state security" from publicly accessible databa…

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News · 18 July

Tibetan Activist A-nya Sengdra`s Lawyer Faces Hostility in Pursuit of Justice, Demands for Immediate Release Escalate

Source: Phayul Tibetan activist A-nya Sengdra's lawyer, Lin Qilei, faced a hostile reception at the Sixth Circuit Court of the Supreme People's Court in Xi'an on July 1…

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News · 29 Apr

Sister of Imprisoned Tibetan Businessman Arrested and Beaten for Protesting His Detention

The sister of a businessman who is serving a life sentence in Tibet has been arrested and beaten for protesting for her brother's release. Gonpo Kyi and her husband were remove…

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News · 14 March 2023

Tibetan filmmaker and political prisoner Dhondup Wangchen visits Canadian parliament to advocate human rights in Tibet

In a historic moment, Dhondup Wangchen, a Tibetan filmmaker and political prisoner, was invited to speak at the Canadian Parliament on Monday, March 13th. The event was organized b…

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News · 12 Jan

US State Dept highlights Go Sherab Gyatso case in ‘Without Just Cause’ initiative

Source: US State Department The US Department of State launched the Without Just Cause Political Prisoners Campaign, which included the stories of 16 political prisoners who had be…

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News · 22 Dec

Agyal Tsering, a former Tibetan political prisoner monk in Tibet passed away at age 71

Source: Tibet.net Dharamshala: According to a reliable source, Tibetan monk Agyal Tsering, a former political prisoner in Tibet, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2022, at approx…

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News · 01 Dec 2022

Chinese authorities sentence Tibetan monk for 18 months in Tibet

Source: Tibet.net A Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) cited a reliable source as stating that Lobsang Choephel, a Tibetan monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba in Tibet, was given …

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News · 18 Nov 2022

Tibetan student activist who hung a Tibetan Flag on the Acropolis cleared by a Greek court

Source: The Guardian A Greek court has acquitted activists who were accused of attempting to "pollute, damage, and distort" the Acropolis after they hung a banner there i…

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News · 09 Nov 2022

Tibetan monk passed away after years of poor health after being freed from jail

Source: RFA A Tibetan monk imprisoned for six years for opposing Chinese rule in Tibet has passed away after suffering failing health following his release from prison in 2018, rep…

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News · 27 Oct 2022

US Special Coordinator calls on CCP for immediate release of detained Tibetan monk

The Chinese government should immediately and unconditionally release the imprisoned Tibetan monk and religious philosopher Go Sherab Gyatso, said Under Secretary Uzra Zeya, US Spe…

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News · 19 Oct 2022

Family of prominent Tibetan businessman in prison fighting for justice

Source: ICT After exhausting all official mechanisms to find justice for the famous Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, his family members have now resorted to open advocacy for his …

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News · 19 Oct 2022

Tibetan writers, activists convicted by CCP on accusations of ‘State Security’

Source: RFA Chinese authorities in Tibet sentenced six Tibetan writers and activists to prison terms from four to 14 years on charges of “inciting separatism” and &ldqu…

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News · 10 Sep 2022

Chinese authorities false accused Tibetan releases after 12 years sentence

The Chinese authorities have released Pema Dhondup, who was serving a 12-year sentence for being falsely accused of “murder” after a self-immolation protest in 2012, in…

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News · 02 Sep 2022

Chinese authorities sentenced two Tibetan monks for possessing photos of Dalai Lama

Chinese authorities sentenced two Tibetan monks to at least three years in prison for possessing photos of the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s foremost Buddhist spiritual leader who has …

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News · 29 Aug 2022

CCP sentenced two Tibetan monks in prison for challenging Chinese government propaganda

Dharamshala: CCP has jailed two Tibetan Buddhist monks in Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) prefecture of what is now part of its Sichuan Province for up to three and half years, nearly two …

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News · 4 August 2022

Tibetan man sentenced for helping his cousin to send money to India

Dharamshala: Lhamo's cousin, Tenzin Tharpa was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in 2020, but his conviction was only recently revealed, due to the crackdown on Tibet…

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News · 30 July 2022

Tibetan political prisoner in critical health from injuries sustained in prison

Dharamshala: A Tibetan political prisoner and a mother of three, Norzin Wangmo is reportedly in critical health condition following her release from prison in May 2022. According t…

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News · 3 July 2022

Former political prisoner Jigme Gyatso passes away in Tibet

Lhasa : Reports have suggested that high profile former Tibetan political prisoner Jigme Gyatso from a monastery renowned for its resistance against Chinese rule in Gansu province …

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News · 29 June 2022

Chinese authorities sentence Tibetan student to 3 years for contacting Tibetan in exiles

Lhasa: According to Radio Free Asia , Chinese authorities this month sentenced a university student to three years in prison for contacting Tibetan exiles, the latest in a series o…

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News · 24 June 2022

Under Secretary Uzra Zeya calls on China to release Tibetan Writer Thupten Lodoe

Washington DC: Under Secretary Uzra Zeya special coordinator for Tibetan issues called on China to release Tibetan young writer Thupten Lodoe and all other Tibetans wrongfully impr…

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News · 22 June 2022

CCP sentences Tibetan language activist considered threat to prison

Lhasa: Chinese authorities sentenced a young Tibetan language activist arrested in October 2021 to four years and five months in prison, although his friends and family members rem…

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News · 26-May-22

Thousands of leaked photos and official documents point to the violent methods used by Chinese authorities against Uyghurs

A leak of thousands of photos and official documents from China's Xinjiang has shed new light on the violent methods used to enforce mass internment in the region, researchers …

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Report · 24 May 2023

Fighting for the Truth: Gonpo Kyi’s Relentless Fight for Dorje Tashi

Tibet, which was unlawfully occupied by China, is the least-free country on earth . According to a report released by freedom watchdog Freedom House, Tibet has a global freedom sco…

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Report · 28 March 2023

Issue of Tibet must be brought to the international level: Yoko Ishii on Free Tibet Fukuoka and Japanese support for Tibet cause

Yoko Ishi was born in Fukuoka, Japan. She is a political activist who has been working as a journalist and artist since 2012. She is the President and her husband Mr. Hidetoshi Ish…

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Report · 23 December 2022

Chinese officials in Tibet who killed Tibetans and schemed the Galwan incident sanctioned

Introduction This International Human Rights Day, we Tibetans and all those who suffer and continue to suffer under the strict authoritarian Chinese Communist regime were given fur…

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Report · 19 October 2022

20th CCP Congress & Tibet: What are the Implications?

By Tenzin Samphel The 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is underway in Beijing. Ahead of the event, China had started reinforcing its tight control over occu…

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Report · 7 May 2022

The Chinese Communist Party’s Long-Standing Attempt to Erase Tibetan Language and Why They Will Not Succeed

In 2017, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that the Chinese government must respect Tibetan culture and language . Speaking with the Times of India, His Holiness described how narro…

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Report · 1 January 2022

Tibet Brief 2021

Introduction “My message for the Chinese government is Free Tibet. Tibet belongs to Tibetans.” Enes Kanter Freedom is perhaps the one significant voice in 2021 that mad…

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