A Tibetan monk set himself on fire and died Wednesday in protest against Chinese rule.Twenty-year-old Lobsang Sherab shouted slogans against the Chinese government as he self-immolated in Cha township in the Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.The self-immolation occurred at 7.10 p.m.along the main road in the township.He died on the spot.The Tibetans who were in the area tried to take his body away, but the Chinese security forces intervened, prevented them from doing so, and took the body, much to the anger of the Tibetans.The Chinese security forces also ordered shops at the township to clo

With great sadness the Tibetan Youth Congress announces the demise of Martyr Jamphel Yeshi who set his body on fire for the cause of Tibet on 26 March 2012 in New Delhi.Doctors announced Martyr Jamphel Yeshi, 27, clinically dead at 7:30 am today.He is survived by his mother and four siblings, all in Tibet.Martyr Jamphel Yeshi set himself on fire today at around 12:30 pm on March 26, in an apparent protest against the continued Chinese occupation of Tibet in front of hundreds of Tibetans who had converged from all over India at Jantar Mantar to protest Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit.

The 25-year-old singer, Ugyen Tenzin, was detained last month soon after the release of his album titled, “An Unending Flow of My Heart’s Blood,”.Unconfirmed reports said that Ugyen Tenzin has been beaten in custody and is disabled.He released the album about a month ago, and he was arrested soon after that.In one song on the album, part of which was posted on YouTube, the singer alludes to Tibetan independence and repression: “The unity of the three provinces of Tibet, that is what I have repressed in my heart for 50 years and what I am now going to share through songs, until I breathe my las

Two monks,identified as Tashi Woeser and Tashi Phuntsok,and two others were held after police raided the Worpu monastery as well as houses of monks and laypeople in Phetsa on Friday and Saturday nights.The two others were named as Soga and Guru Sangye.On March 23 night, Worpu monastery was under siege by Chinese police.The detentions came a week after seven Tibetan were sentenced to between eight and 12 years in jail for participating in January Nyagrong protests.The seven were paraded in the town to deter others from protesting against Chinese rule.

Three Tibetan independence activists ended their 30-day hunger strike on Thursday, after the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights promised to look into their concerns about rights and freedoms in their homeland.There were tears and cheers as two senior United Nations officials came to the park across from the world body to meet with hunger strikers Shingza Rinpoche and Yeshi Tenzing, bringing them a letter from the U.N.’s top human rights official.The letter’s contents satisfied the activists’ demands enough that they were willing to “indefinitely suspend” their hunger strike.A th

Monks from Tsang monastery south of Rebkong, participated in a protest involving hundreds of people on March 18.The monks distributed leaflets with five clear requests to the authorities, including that China and the United Nations should be accountable for Shingza Rinpoche’s life ,who is currently staging an indefinite hunger strike in New York.The monks from Tsang monastery also made a point of saying that the actions were organized only by them, and not planned or influenced by those abroad – a reference to the Chinese authorities’ claim that demonstrations and self-immolations in Tibet are

Khenpo Gyewala, a highly-respected scholar and abbot of Gyegyel Zogchen Monastery, has 'disappeared' along with 13 others in Zatoe in YulShul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.Khenpo Gyewala went 'missing' in the evening of 8 March 2012, according to sources.Local Tibetans believe that Khenpo was likely arrested by the local Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers during a night time raid.Khenpo founded the Monsel School which offers classes in Tibetan language and grammar, Buddhism and cultural values every winter when government schools in the area closed for vacation.The school had some 800 stude

Forty Tibetan monks from Bora Monastery were arrested today by Chinese security officers after about 112 monks took out a protest march against the Chinese government on 19 March 2012, according to information received by TCHRD.The arrests occurred at around 2 am (Tibet Time) on 21 March 2012 when security officers from the local township office entered the monastery and arrested 40 monks.Hours later, news spread among other monks at the monastery about the night time arrests provoking a large gathering of monks who called for the immediate release of fellow monks.

About 100 Tibetan monks marched in protest Tuesday against Chinese rule in Tibet as authorities began slapping stiff jail sentences on protesting Tibetans.After morning prayers, the monks marched to the Bora township center in Kanlho prefecture demanding freedom , triggering a crackdown of the Bora monastery from where the monks came from.They held Tibetan flags in their hands, and called for tibetan independence, freedom to practice religion, and freedom to use their own language.Now the Chinese police and paramilitary force had surrounded Bora monastery.

China arrested a teenaged Tibetan who attempted to immolate himself in Serta County last week.The young Tibetan indentified as Thinley, a school boy, poured gasoline all over his body and drank plenty of the liquid fuel in a bid to set himself on fire.However, Thinley reportedly had an overdose of the gasoline consumption which caused him to faint at the protest site, deterring his immolation bid.The incident happened on March 12 in Serta County in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.Thinley, aged 17, is reportedly taken away from the protest site by police and information about him in the af

On March 15 a hundred Chinese police and armed paramilitary police raided a village in Dzatoe township in Dege county, taking eight Tibetans into custody.They were detained on suspicion of involvement in the appearance of several anti-China protest leaflets and writings in the area.The Chinese force arrived in 24 vehicles, surrounded Rebpa village, entered the houses, and took them away.The names of those detained and other details are still unknown owing to the presence of Chinese security forces and other spies in the town.Another man, identified as Khega, was detained in Dzatoe on March 16.

Dozens of Tibetans were injured after Chinese security forces fired tear gas and used explosives to disperse a crowd of protesters.Clashes occurred near the judicial complex in Ba county where Tibetans had gathered Sunday demanding the release of monks who were detained days earlier.The police fired tear gas and used explosives to disperse the mass protests. Dozens of Tibetans sustained injuries, while six of them are believed to be in a critical condition.

Three Tibetan monks hailing from Tridu County in Yushul Tibet Autonomous Prefecture have been sentenced to varying prison terms in a secret court trail.Of the three, Sonam Gewa had been sentenced to two years while Lobsang Samten and Lobsang Nyima have been sentenced to one year and nice months each on Thursday in a court in Siling.It is unclear on what charges the monks have been sentenced to jail terms and the relatives had not been informed or called at the time of the court hearing.The families and relatives are still denied access even after court sentence.

Another Tibetan set himself on fire earlier today in the Rebkong region of eastern Tibet.A student, self-immolated at around 9:30 am local time in protest against the Chinese regime.The student reportedly died soon after the self-immolation protest.There are currently no details available on the identity of the student.A large number of school students and local Tibetans are right now marching towards the Rongwo monastery, carrying the deceased's body and raising slogans.As soon as news of the self-immolation spread, local Tibetans started to gather at the Dolma square in front of the Rongwo m