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Tibetan teacher arrested for online COVID posts

Tibetan teacher arrested for online COVID posts

Chinese authorities censor news of the harsh conditions in COVID quarantine camps in Tibet, sources say.

Three Tibetans reported dead from COVID as virus spreads

Three Tibetans reported dead from COVID as virus spreads

Tibetans are meanwhile held in quarantine facilities without medical care or proper sanitation, sources say.

Tibetans reveal harsh conditions under China’s zero COVID policy

Tibetans reveal harsh conditions under China’s zero COVID policy

The Chinese government ordered the lockdown of Lhasa but did not prepare for it in advance, sources said.

Authorities free Tibetan sentenced in connection with burning

Authorities free Tibetan sentenced in connection with burning

Pema Dhondup had been serving a 12-year sentence for ‘murder.’

Protesters take aim at Beijing's human rights record on China's National Day

Hong Kongers, Tibetans and Uyghurs burned PRC flags at demonstrations in several U.S. and U.K. cities

Well-known Tibetan painter of religious art dies at 82

Well-known Tibetan painter of religious art dies at 82

One source calls Tenpa Rabten’s passing ‘an irreparable loss for Tibetan tradition.’

How China and its allies pool resources to target overseas dissidents

2022-10-01

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Interpol are commonly used to pursue political opponents overseas.

Lhasa residents are seen in a COVID-19 quarantine facility in September 2022.

At least 5 Tibetans in Lhasa end their lives amid harsh Chinese COVID lockdown

2022-09-29

The Chinese government threatens to punish Tibetans if they share information about the situation.

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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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Insult follows injury to Tibetan monks

Insult follows injury to Tibetan monks
Two Tibetan monks sentenced for possessing photos of Dalai Lama

Two Tibetan monks sentenced for possessing photos of Dalai Lama

Tenzin Dhargye and Rigtse will spend at least 3 years in prison for photos they had on their cell phones.

Karma Samdup in an undated photo.

Chinese authorities arrest Tibetan man for having a photo of the Dalai Lama

Karma Samdup was swept up in China’s campaign against Tibetan culture, a Tibetan in exile says.

Tibetans collect the carcasses of livestock killed during flooding from hailstorms and torrential rain in Mangra country, Tsolho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, western China's Qinghai province, Aug. 21, 2022.

Hail, torrential rain leave at least 31 dead in Tibetan-populated areas of China

People wait to undergo testing for the COVID-19 virus in Lhundrup county, western China's Tibetan Autonomous Region, Aug. 21, 2022.

Hundreds of new COVID cases reported in Tibet and Xinjiang

A view of the Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery in Dzoge county, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in southwest China's Sichuan province in an undated photo.

China warns Tibetans not to post birthday wishes online for exiled abbot

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