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Sister of Political Prisoner Arrested in Central Tibet

On the morning of 11 July, 20-year-old Youdon was arrested in her home town, Tsarang Township. She is currently being held in a detention centre in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, 500km away.

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Monastery forced to relocate to make way for hydropower station

Chinese authorities in Amdo, eastern Tibet are planning to relocate a 19th-century Tibetan monastery against the wishes of its resident monks and local Tibetans.

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Tibetan woman arrested for keeping Dalai Lama’s photo at home

Taken nearly 500 kilometres away from her home, Zumkar’s well being remain unknown

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Tibetan writer sentenced to four years and five months in prison

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”.

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Further information surfaces about Rinchen Tsultrim

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.

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Tibetan pilgrim arrested at Potala Palace

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