Chinese security forces in Lhasa have rounded up hundreds of residents and pilgrims in the wake of a fiery weekend self-immolation protest in Tibet’s capital, as the Tibetan burnings in protest against Chinese rule rage on.Locals detained are being held in detention centers in and around Lhasa while many of those from outside the Tibet Autonomous Region have been expelled,with one estimating that about 600 Tibetans had been detained so far.The move came amid a security crackdown by Chinese security forces since two young Tibetan men set themselves ablaze on May 27 in front of Lhasa’s famed Jok

Chinese authorities have set up new controls on the flow of information online, as challenges to Beijing’s rule in Tibet begin to spread to Tibet’s capital Lhasa.The moves came before the self-immolation Sunday of two young Tibetan men in front of Lhasa’s Jokhang Temple—the first self-immolation protests reported in the Tibetan capital, resulting in a security clampdown.In controlling the flow of information to Tibet, authorities have been especially anxious to prevent the spread of self-immolation protests from those areas.Following a meeting on April 20, the Lhasa branch of China’s Public Se

Tibetans in Lhasa mostly stayed indoors amid a security crackdown following the weekend self-immolation of two young Tibetan men in protest against Chinese rule.Checkpoints manned by Chinese security forces have been set up at key points near the popular Jokhang temple located on Barkhor Square, the site of Sunday's self-immolations, and Tibetans passing through them are thoroughly screened.The restrictions are intense.

The Chinese authorities in Tibet have issued a notification banning members of the Party, cadres, government officials and even students from participating in religious activities.The notification, issued by the TAR Committee for Discipline Inspection and Supervision Department, stated that participation in religious activities and rituals by Party members, cadres, and students amounts to “serious violations of political discipline and stability work” and severe punishment will be meted out accordingly, reported the official Tibet Daily newspaper on 24 May 2012.The official notice made special

A Tibetan businessman, Tamdin, who was arrested in relation to the mass protests held at Nangchen in February this year, has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment.On 8th February around 500 Tibetan people had defied the security crackdown and protested against Chinese rule in Nangchen County.The protesters had carried banners and had chanted slogans calling for return of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, freedom for Tibet, respect for Tibetan lives and Tibetan language and release of political prisoners including Panchen Lama.There was no case of immediate arrest or conflic

Chinese authorities have sentenced a popular Tibetan comedian to prison on a weapons charge following a confession extracted under torture.Athar, 33, was taken into custody in early February by a special police team and had not been heard from since.Then, on April 29, a court in Lithang county sentenced him to three years in prison. The news of his sentence has been relayed to his family.The popular performer had been detained ahead of his plan to release a video criticizing Chinese rule in Tibet.

The Chinese authorities in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have re-launched a new wave of 'patriotic re-education' and 'legal education' campaigns targeted at Tibetan monastic institutions in the name of maintaining stability, enhancing unity, and promoting harmony in Tibet.In the afternoon of 11 May 2012 at Lhasa, the TAR government held a meeting called “Mobilization Meeting on In-depth Legal Education Campaign in Tibetan Buddhist Temples” which marked the uniform and in-depth implementation of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) basic policy on religion and the rules and regulations passed b

China just closed down the 'Gangjong Sherig Shedhe Woekar Ling' orphanage school this month and arrested two of its teachers.This school counted almost 50 students orphans and semi-orphans from the nearby regions.
The reason was school's strict adherence to teaching Tibetan language and culture instead of following the chinese school programs.Last month, one same event happened in Karzde region of eastern Tibet. Chineses shutdown a two-decade old Tibetan school 'Khadrok Jamtse Rokten School' and arrested two of its most senior teachers.

The Dalai Lama has revealed he fears Chinese agents have trained bogus female devotees to kill him with poison while seeking blessings.The Tibetan Buddhist leader told the Sunday Telegraph that he had been passed reports from inside Tibet warning of the plot, using Tibetan women.The 76-year-old Nobel laureate said he now lives in a high security cordon in his temple palace grounds in Dharamsala on the advice of Indian security officials."We received some sort of information from Tibet," he said.

Chinese authorities are setting up police surveillance stations and other checkpoints across Tibet to monitor the activities of ordinary citizens and travelers approaching the capital city, Lhasa, in the latest move to tighten security in the region.The security measures come following protests against Chinese rule, including a wave of self-immolations highlighting the plight of Tibetans.Religious pilgrims going to Lhasa and others who are found without proper identification are stopped on the road and sent back to their places of origin.

Farmers are vowing not to cultivate their fields to demand the release of relatives and friends detained in earlier protests.Eight villages in the Ngaba prefecture’s Andu township have decided not to till their land this year to express solidarity with the Tibetans who self-immolated and to express their pain over the violent crackdown on Tibetans in Ngaba by Chinese authorities.The move echoes a 2009 farm boycott in neighboring Kardze prefecture, in which Tibetan farmers refused to cultivate their land following a week of other protests and detentions during a tense and politically sensitive

An internal notice sent to all the prisons and detention centers of the Tibet Autonomous Region in March 2012, has barred all prisoners from meeting their friends and family.The notice has also clearly outlined a need for stricter vigilance in the prisons and has directed all the prison officials to closely monitor the movements of the Tibetan prisoners.Lawyers and legal advisers of the prisoners were asked to get the permission only from the chief warden and were allowed only a limited amount of time for case discussion.

Four Tibetans were killed during and in the aftermath of a protest in Kham region, eastern Tibet, in January and four monks were arrested and disappeared after the protest.During a peaceful demonstration in Drakgo County Town on January 23, Norpa Yenten and the unnamed son of Logyal were killed by Chinese police.The Chinese military then descended on Drakgo on January 24 and instructed all local people to return to their places of abode.They subsequently arrested many of the participants, accusing them of having produced leaflets that were displayed and distributed during the demonstration.