Dharamshala, India – Several Tibetans were arbitrarily arrested in Driru County in "Kham Province" in eastern Tibet ahead of the so-called 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, at least one of them on charges of allegedly having contacts outside Tibet, leading to further repression and tightening of control.
China imposes further restrictions on social media in Tibet
Dharamshala, India — Chinese authorities in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, have further tightened restrictions on social media and openly threatened to permanently shut down the app if certain rules are not followed.
Chinese authorities restrict religious activities in Tibet
Dharamshala, India — Chinese authorities in Lhasa, Tibet's capital, have issued a notice restricting religious practices during the holy fourth month of the Tibetan calendar, which started on May 12, 2021.
Six Tibetans detained by Chinese authority on unknown charge
Dharamshala, India — Tibetan writers, environmentalist, and political activists have gone missing after being detained by Chinese authorities in March and April 2021. Their whereabouts are still unknown to their family members.
China's liberation of Tibet was a violent armed invasion and occupation: Parliament
Dharamshala, India — "Tibetan people were subjected to imprisonment, beating, and torture beyond the limits of cruelty. Even today the situation in Tibet remains extremely heart-rending. Therefore, the true situation remains that it was not a "peaceful liberation" but a violent armed invasion and occupation which was carried out by the communist Chinese government in Tibet," said Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile.
Former political prisoner of Tibet Norsang dies after tortures in China's prison
Dharamshala, India — Chinese authorities arrested six Tibetans in 2019, one of whom died after years of torture in Chinese jails, after they refused to participate in the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian regime's founding.
Tibetan writer has vanished after being arrested by Chinese authorities in Tibet
Dharamshala, India — A former Tibetan political prisoner and writer from Serta county in eastern Tibet vanished after being detained by Chinese authorities in March 2021. The detainee's whereabouts are still unknown to his family members.