Dharamshala — Chinese government forcefully crackdown Tibetan peaceful protestors for protecting their land and river from construction mega dam on them and force to shift Monasteries and Villages, shutting down famous Tibetan-run schools and Monastery schools, forcefully to take out young monks out of the Monasteries schools and forcefully to put in the Chinese colonial style boarding school. China also detains arrest, imprison and even kill Tibetans for merely exercise basic rights and freedom, practice religion.
Around 300 Tibetans gathered in front of the Dege county government building on February 14, 2024 to protest against the construction of the largest hydroelectric power plant in their region and the forced displacement of their homes and monasteries. Hundreds of Tibetans begged the Chinese authorities to halt the construction of the Kamtok dam on the Drichu River in the Gege region. However, instead of listening to the Tibetans, the Chinese police and army arrested hundreds of Tibetans and severely beat them, on February 22, 2024.
Chinese government has forcibly shut down the most popular school, the Gangjong Sherig Norbu School , where Tibetan students from three provinces of Tibet come to study and where the graduates are well-trained students who do excellent work in Tibetan societies. The teachers and students cried so hard that they could not control their sadness at the closure of their beloved school after 30 years.
Chinese police killed a Tibetan monk by torturing him while in detention. Chinese police detained a Tibetan monk named Losel from Sera monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, in May 2024, on suspicion of sharing information about Tibet with Tibetans in exile. He died as a result of the beatings, ill-treatment and torture he suffered during his detention.
A Tibetan man named Damdul died in November 2021, after being brutally tortured by Chinese police while in the detention. He had been arrested on March 5, 2021, for sharing the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Chinese social media and for keeping photos and CDs of His Holiness in his home in Lhasa, the Capital of Tibet.
Chinese authorities sentenced a Tibetan monk named Lobsang Tashi from Kriti monastery to three years in prison, in a secret trial, at the end of 2021, over allegedly contacting prayers for those who died during the Covid-19 pandemic, and making offerings (money offering to pray) to offices of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Kirti Rinpoche for the deceased.
China has conducted major crackdowns on religious freedom in all parts of Tibet, continued over the years, and 269 Tibetan people were placed under investigation for allegedly involving in so-called "illegal spiritual practices", on March 25, 2024 and those arrested may face prison terms ranging from 5 to 17 years.
Chinese authorities arrested a well-educated young Tibetan monk named Tenzin Chenrab and writer from Nyakchu County, in eastern Tibet, in September 2023, for possessing a photo of Tibet's spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and several e-books in his phone. Tenzin Chenrab’s 53-year-old mother dead after not hearing his only son for long time.
Chinese authorities murdered a girl named Tsedon , a second-year undergraduate in Tibet University in Lhasa, Tibet, on January 15, 2024. She was detained by Chinese police in Ritso Township, Nyemo County, central Tibet, on December 26, 2023 with explaining reason for detention. After 21 days in detention, the police informed her family that she was dead and refused to return her body to the family members.
Chinese authorities arrested a Tibetan monk called Jampa Choephel from Rebgong County, in March, 2024, for posting the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his social media platform (Wechat). After five months in detention, he was sentenced by a Chinese court last month to one and a half years in prison.
A Tibetan woman named Tsering Tso , arrested by the Yushu police on June 29, 2024, accused of ‘endangering social stability’, interrogated and detained for 10 days, then released on July 8, 2024. Who had exercised her rights and criticised the Chinese authorities for their racial discrimination against Tibetans and for posting videos on the social media app about the incident. This is six times she has been detained by Chinese authorities.
Chinese authorities have banned Tibetans from entering the Atsog Moastery in Dragkar County, northern Tibet. But on April 9, 2024, hundreds of Tibetans circled the monastery to pray and bid farewell to the soon-to-be-demolished temple. This is because the monastery will be demolished to build a huge dam on the Yellow River near the monastery.
Chinese authorities from WeChat Company have indiscriminately shut down the "Great Sheep-fold ," a popular blog in the Tibetan language on WeChat on April 2, 2024, which contained over 10,000 pieces directly related to the cultural heritage and humanistic literature of Tibet.
Chinese authorities arrested a Tibetan monk called Lobsang Thamke in June, 2023, for allegedly publishing Tibetan books from outside Tibet and contacting Tibetans in exile.
China detains a young Tibetan, Tsowoe Tsering , after he openly denounced the illegal extraction of sand by a Chinese company (Anhui Xianhe Construction Engineering Co, Ltd) in Tibet, on the banks of a river in Tsa-Ri-Ma Township of Gakog County, Ngaba, Tibet, on October 15, 2024.
Tibetan language rights activist Tashi Wangchuk detained again by Chinese authorities on October 22, 2024, over allegedly spreading misinformation about China and making accusations against government policy in his videos on the social media. He was released after 15 days in detention.
The Chinese government has issued a statement warning Tibetans that Tibetans, particularly monks on early April, 2024, cannot do anything related to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, including keeping and hanging a picture of him and praying for him, cannot perform religious rituals after his death and cannot disrupt the process of his reincarnation by China.
CCP force Tibetan officials to sign a pledge not to practice religion, on January 22, 2024. Chinese authorities in Wolong Township, Wenchuan County, eastern Tibet, forced Tibetan officials to sign a pledge: "not to believe in religion, not to participate in religious activities, never to promote or spread religion anywhere and always to listen to the Chinese Communist Party, be grateful to the Party, follow the Party".
On December 14, 2024, Chinese authorities in Gonghe County, northeastern Tibet, arrested well-known Tibetan entrepreneur and Internet celebrity Sonam Choedup , whose Internet name is Aga Gelek Tsang (better known as Aga Gelek), along with his partners and friends, including Kunsang Dorjee, Tenpa, Tsenthar Gyal and Tashi Loden, in the name of China's “sweep away the black and eliminate the evil” political campaign. The entrepreneur has helped many Tibetan students, disabled students and small Tibetan entrepreneurs. He has also participated in charity work and disaster relief operations, making substantial donations.
