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Tibetan Buddhist monks sentenced to jail after nearly two years of arbitrary detention

Tibet Watch has learned that two Tibetan Buddhist monks were sentenced to over three years in prison by Sershul County Intermediate People’s Court in June this year.

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Another Tibetan arrested for possessing photos of the Dalai Lama

The Chinese police authorities arrested another Tibetan in Nagchu on 12 August for possessing photos of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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Doctors declare torture injuries of a Tibetan political prisoner beyond treatment

Norzin spent weeks in various hospitals one month after being released in critical health and denied immediate medical treatment

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Tibetan arrested for not registering WeChat group

A Tibetan man was arrested in the early morning of 25 July 2022 by Chinese police in Sershul County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, for failing to register a WeChat group he had created several days earlier.

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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.