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Two Tibetan monks arrested, held with no word to their family

Brothers Tenzin Norbu and Wangchen Nyima have not been heard from since their August arrest.

Tibetan man arrested for speaking against China’s language policy

Loten, a 23-year-old college graduate, had complained about the required use of Chinese in Tibetan schools.

China destroys second revered Tibetan statue in Sichuan

Authorities said the statue's housing lacked a fire escape, but Tibetans see a crackdown on their religion.

Tibetan monks beaten, arrested for sharing Buddha statue destruction news

Chinese authorities last month destroyed a 99-foot tall Buddha statue, drawing a US State Department rebuke.

Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, who died in 2015 in a Chinese prison under mysterious circumstances, is shown top left. Remaining images show the statue commissioned by the late monk's students and built by artists in Shenzhen, China.

Statue of revered Tibetan monk seized by Chinese police

Friends of the late monk were trying to carry the remembrance to India for protection.

Tibetan monks, local residents forced to watch destruction of sacred statue

Prayer wheels were also destroyed in the 'very disrespectful' demolition.

A guard tower rises along the perimeter fence of an internment camp in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in a file photo.

China steps up repression in Tibet and Xinjiang, rights group says

2022-01-13

Torture, mass detention, religious persecution are among the abuses highlighted in new report.

US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Uzra Zeya speaks with RFA in a virtual interview, Jan. 13, 2022.

Interview: US 'deeply concerned' by China's human rights abuses in Tibet

2022-01-13

Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Uzra Zeya says her goal is to build a coalition to end ‘severe repression.’

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China forces demolition of Tibetan school in Sichuan Province

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Rare photos show evidence of monks, nuns evicted from Tibetan Buddhist center

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Travel restrictions tighten in Tibet ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics

Security forces have been deployed to Lhasa, with Tibetans' movements restricted in other places.

A Tibetan pilgrim walks past Chinese paramilitary police in Tibet's regional capital Lhasa in a file photo.

Tibetan political prisoners denied family visits over ‘COVID concerns’

Restriction leaves relatives guessing as to condition of incarcerated relatives.

Uzra Zeya, named U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, speaks to the media at the U.S. embassy in Paris, France, in an April 6, 2017 file photo.

US names senior diplomat as Tibet coordinator, tasked with opening Sino-Tibetan talks

Tibetan monk Tenzin Dargye is shown in an undated photo.

Tibetan monk missing more than a year after arrest

A political education class is shown in session in a Tibetan school in Qinghai in an undated photo.

Tibetan children taken from homes, sent to Chinese boarding schools: report

Tibetan monk given 5-year prison term for sharing teachings by Dalai Lama

Tibetan writer given 10-year prison term in secret trial

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