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    • Five Pressing Human Rights Violation In Tibet: A Year in Review 2019

      Five Pressing Human Rights Violation In Tibet: A Year in Review 2019

      January 29, 2020
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      Dharamshala: The UN, EU & Human Rights Desk of Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) released a 6-minutes video titled “Five Pressing Human Rights Violation in Tibet, A Year in Review: 2019”. The short video reviews the most pressing human rights violations in Tibet in the year 2019. More
    • A Tibetan youth in Ngaba dies after setting himself on fire to protest against Chinese rule

      A Tibetan youth in Ngaba dies after setting himself on fire to protest against Chinese rule

      November 28, 2019
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      Dharamshala: A young Tibetan nomad from the nearby nomadic township of Meruma in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) county in Tibet’s traditional province of Amdo died on Tuesday after setting himself on fire to protest Chinese rule of Tibet and its hardline policies against the Tibetans. Yonten, aged around 24, set himself ablaze in the center of town nearby Meruma at around 4 pm local time on 26 November 2019. More
    • China’s suppression of Tibet continues: Human Rights Report 2019

      China’s suppression of Tibet continues: Human Rights Report 2019

      August 29, 2019
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      Dharamshala: The annual Human Rights Report 2019 records that the human rights situation in Tibet is still no better than yesterday as the Tibetans continue to face severe restriction in their religious freedom, speech, movement, and assembly. More
    • Human Rights Watch Calls on China to Immediately Release Over 80 Tibetans Unjustly Imprisoned for Long-Term

      Human Rights Watch Calls on China to Immediately Release Over 80 Tibetans Unjustly Imprisoned for Long-Term

      May 24, 2019
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      Dharamshala: A leading international rights organization, Human Rights Watch, has urged the Chinese government to "immediately release Tibetan monks and other peaceful critics arbitrarily imprisoned since the March 2008 protests across the Tibetan plateau". More
    • Photos of 2012 Tibetan Self-immolators Identified

      Photos of 2012 Tibetan Self-immolators Identified

      May 22, 2019
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      Dharamshala: Three Tibetans who had self-immolated in 2012 protesting against Chinese rule and policies in Tibet have now been identified with their photographs. Although details of the three self-immolators were received and recorded in the same year, their photographs became available only years later. All three died on site after their immolation protests. More
    • Update on the Latest Self-immolation Protest in Tibet

      Update on the Latest Self-immolation Protest in Tibet

      April 18, 2017
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      DHARAMSHALA: The latest Tibetan self-immolater has been identified as Wangchuk Tseten, according to sources inside Tibet quoted by Tibetan media. Wangchuk Tseten, a 30 year old father of three from Asey Gyechak nomadic region in Ngagrong county, Kardze (incorporated into China's Sichuan province) set himself on fire on 15 April 2017. More
    • Self-immolation Protest Reported from Kardze in Eastern Tibet

      Self-immolation Protest Reported from Kardze in Eastern Tibet

      April 15, 2017
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      DHARAMSHALA: A Tibetan monk has set himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government this afternoon, according to reports emanating out of Tibet. The self-immolation reportedly took place in Kardze (incorporated into China’s Sichuan province). More
    • Tibetan Self-Immolator Dies of Self-Immolation Protest

      Tibetan Self-Immolator Dies of Self-Immolation Protest

      December 10, 2016
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      DHARAMSHALA: Further details have emerged about the self-immolator protester who set himself on fire on Thusday in Machu country of Tibet’s Amdo province. Tashi Rabten, 33, known to his friends and family as Tarab, is a former monk from Teushel village in Machu County, Kanlho, eastern Tibet. He succumbed to his injuries. More
    • A Tibetan self-immolates in Tibet

      A Tibetan self-immolates in Tibet

      December 8, 2016
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      DHARAMSHALA: A Tibetan self-immolated at around 5 pm local time today (8 December) on the streets of Machu county in Tibet's Amdo Province. According to a video received, a body is seen engulfed in flames . A woman standing nearby is heard reciting prayers in the name of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The video also shows police arriving at the scene and taking away the charred body. More
    • Tibetan Woman dies in Self-Immolation Protest

      Tibetan Woman dies in Self-Immolation Protest

      May 7, 2016
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      DHARAMSHALA: A Tibetan woman, aged in her 50s, mother of five from Dotsa village in Dzoge County, Ngaba Prefecture has reportedly self-immolated and died on March 23 to protest Chinese rule in Tibet. Due to severe clampdown on communication with the outside world, the news of Sonam Tso’s self-immolation arrived late. More
    • China Releases Jailed Tibetan Spiritual Leader Buruna Rinpoche

      China Releases Jailed Tibetan Spiritual Leader Buruna Rinpoche

      April 20, 2016
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      DHARAMSHALA: Chinese authorities released Buruna Rinpoche, a senior Tibetan spiritual leader, in uncertain health on Sunday, 17 April, according to media reports. Rinpoche, imprisoned since 2009 for refusing to denounce His Holiness the Dalai Lama, was escorted secretly to his home by the Chinese prison authorities. More
    • Monk Dies after Setting Self on Fire in Kardze, Total Self-immolation Reaches 143

      Monk Dies after Setting Self on Fire in Kardze, Total Self-immolation Reaches 143

      March 2, 2016
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      DHARAMSHALA: Following a brief respite in the wave of self-immolation protests that swept Tibet since 2009, a young Tibetan monk self-immolated on 29 February in Nyarong county, Kardze (incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province), according to media reports. More
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    • Tibetan Monk Burns Self in Kyegudo, Self-immolation Reaches 141

      Tibetan Monk Burns Self in Kyegudo, Self-immolation Reaches 141

      July 10, 2015
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      DHARAMSHALA: Sonam Tobgyal, a 26-year-old Tibetan monk from Kyegudo, set himself on fire at around 6 pm on 9 July at Gesar Square, Kyegudo in Yulshul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Incorporated into China’s Qinghai Province) in protest against the repressive policies of the Chinese government in Tibet. Local Tibetans who witnessed the incident took him to a nearby hospital. More
    • Woman Burns in Protest Against Chinese Repression, Total Self-Immolation Reaches 140

      Woman Burns in Protest Against Chinese Repression, Total Self-Immolation Reaches 140

      May 28, 2015
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      DHARAMSHALA: Showing no respite in the spate of self-immolation protests against the Chinese government, a 36-year-old Tibetan woman died after setting herself on fire on Wednesday, 27 May. The woman, Sangye Tso burned herself in front of the local Chinese police headquarters in Chone County, Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Incorporated into China’s Gansu Province). More
    • 34-year-old Tibetan dies in self-immolation protest at Sangchu

      34-year-old Tibetan dies in self-immolation protest at Sangchu

      December 17, 2014
       •  Published By Bureau Reporter
       
      DHARAMSHALA: A Tibetan man, Sangye Khar, aged 34, set himself on fire yesterday around 9 am (local time) in front of a police station in Amchok town, Sangchu county in Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (incorporated into China's Gansu Province). He died on the spot, according to media reports and human rights group. Police arrived shortly after the self-immolation and forcibly removed his body. More
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