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UN Questions Vietnam and China Over Tibetan Lama’s Death
Special rapporteurs have raised serious concerns about increasing transnational repression against Tibetans, and call for a full investigation.
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22 year old student advocate for Tibet detained in China
Zhang Yadi (online alias Tara @Tara.Freesoul), has been incommunicado for 50 days inside China, and is feared to have been detained by state security authorities.
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Tibetan Monk Commits Suicide Following Crackdown
Fifty-two year old Shersang Gyatso died at his monastery in Ba County following an intensive crackdown.
Sister of political prisoner arrested in central Tibet
Youdon is the sister of Zumkar, arrested in June for displaying the Dalai Lama’s image at home
Dozens of MPs call for ban on Hikvision cameras
Lawmakers from across UK parliament back Free Tibet’s campaign to get the Chinese CCTV manufacturer out of the UK
Free Tibet campaigners confronted at Wimbledon for asking “Where is Peng Shuai?”
Warnings from security personnel against the group making political statements prompted a huge backlash
Monastery forced to relocate to make way for hydropower station
Appeals by the monks of Atsok Monastery to halt the relocation have been ignored by authorities
Tibetan woman arrested for keeping Dalai Lama’s photo at home
Zumkar’s well-being remains unknown after she was arrested and taken nearly 500 kilometres away from her home
Chinese government to force more than 100,000 Tibetans out of their homes
Chinese-state media says that the government plans to start relocating thousands of rural Tibetans away from their traditional homelands this month
Double win week in Hikvision campaign
Hikvision driven out of another government department and has award nomination taken away following Free Tibet pressure
Tibetan writer Thupten Lodoe sentenced to four years and five months in prison
Thupten Lodoe, a Tibetan language teacher, quit his job at Sershul County Middle School due to government repression
UN human rights chief to stand down in autumn
Last week, over 200 organisations urged Michelle Bachelet to resign following her controversial visit to China in May