Feb. 03, 2023
Tibetan monk dies in prison
A 56 year-old Tibetan monk from Jongwa Township (ཇོང་བ་གྲོང་རྡལ།) in Lithang County (ལི་ཐང་རྫོང་།) has died in prison.
Jan. 11, 2023
Further details emerge about monk and poet’s detention
Details have reached Tibet Watch about the arrest of Tibetan monk, poet and author Rongwo Gangkar.
Dec. 16, 2022
Writer sentenced to two years in prison after secret trial
Monlam Gyatso, a prominent Tibetan writer and volunteer teacher, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for promoting Tibetan Buddhist ethical values.
Dec. 15, 2022
Tibetans arrested over COVID lockdown protest
Local authorities in Achok Township, Chongchi County, have refused to ease repressive zero-COVID restrictions, despite a national proclamation from the Chinese government.
Nov. 21, 2022
Two monks imprisoned for religious offerings
A Second Tibetan Buddhist monk has been imprisoned for making a donation to the Dalai Lama and the Kirti Rinpoche
Nov. 09, 2022
Tibetan monk imprisoned for sending religious offering
Rachung Gendun was sentenced to three years in prison for sending money for prayer offering of a deceased person