Tibet Watch News

A Tibetan writer named Thupten Lodoe, arrested seven months earlier, has now been sentenced to four years and five months in prison under charges of “inciting separatism” and “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”.

Further details have emerged about the political prisoner and Tibetan monk Rinchen Tsultrim, who is serving a prison sentence of four years and six months.

The arrest comes in the context of heightened security and a surge in Chinese tourism to Tibet

A Tibetan source in exile has told Tibet Watch that last month, Chinese authorities forced Tibetan monks to sign a letter of confession claiming that it was them who destroyed the giant Buddha statue in December last year in Drago County, eastern Tibet.

Two Tibetans have been arrested in Gyalser County, accused of communicating with exiled family members

Tibetan parents, mostly nomads and farmers, whose mother tongue is Tibetan, are being forced to attend workshops and classes.