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An 81 year old sets himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government

An 81-year-old man known for his commitment to the Tibetan cause for freedom set himself on fire in front of the police station in Kirti Monastery in eastern Tibet at around 5 am on 27 March 2022.

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Three Children Arrested After New Language Restriction Announced

In October 2021, Chinese police authorities in the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region arrested three Tibetan children from their boarding school in Markham County (སྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་།) under the pretext of needing psychological counselling.

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Young Tibetan Entrepreneur Beaten and Forcibly Taken by Police

Tibetan entrepreneur’s bike tour company ordered to shut down and his bicycles confiscated

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Chinese authorities tear down third Buddhist statue in Drago

Tibetan Buddhist monks forced to tear down revered statue of eighth-century Indian Tantric master

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Student arrested after teaching Tibetan to children

A university student has been detained in central Tibet. Chinese authorities in Riwoche County arrested Choedon (ཆོས་སྒྲོན།) on 13 February and she has not been seen since.

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Three senior monks in Drago severely ill after six years of torture

Arrested after the 2012 Drago protests, three senior monks were subjected to forced labour and denied adequate food