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New directive in central Tibet bans prayer wheels and rosaries from schools

Chinese authorities are overseeing a political drive in Tibet that heavily restricts the possession of everyday materials symbolic of Tibet’s religious and cultural identity.

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News of extrajudicial killing of Tibetan in central Tibet delayed by two years

Chinese authorities have reported 35-year-old Norsang’s death as suicide

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Xi Jinping’s Party history campaign continues in Tibet to cement CCP’s centenary anniversary

Tibetan monasteries forced into calligraphy contests while Tibetan school children undergo weekly propaganda

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More monks and nuns forced to take exams on Chinese law

Monasteries a will also be inspected as part of process of developing Tibetan Buddhism in “Chinese context”.

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Forced relocations and militarisation of border regions continue in Central Tibet

Tibetans in Dingri investigated and coerced into calling for their exiled relatives to return

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Two Tibetans arrested for having contacts with Tibetans-in-exile

According to Tibet Watch’s sources, two Tibetans in their mid-thirties were arrested in eastern Tibet earlier this month for communicating with Tibetans in exile.