Tibetan nomads have driven Chinese gold miners away from a sacred mountain in Tibet, vowing to give up their lives if necessary to protect the site, the abode of a local god.They set fire to the gold miners’ tents and launched 24-hour patrols around the mountain located in the Tibetan-populated Gade county in the Golog prefecture in a bid to keep the gold miners at bay.The nomads are now watching for intruders on the mountain.The mountain, called Dringye Ngo Sorma, is known for the beauty of the lake at its base, for the green meadows on its slopes, and for other characteristics typical of a s

La justice espagnole s'est déclarée , mardi 5 août, compétente pour instruire une plainte pour génocide, enregistrée à Madrid après la répression des troubles de la mi-mars au Tibet.Cette plainte, déposée le 9 juillet par le Comité de soutien au Tibet (CAT) et deux autres associations pro-tibétaines, vise sept responsables politiques et militaires chinois, dont le ministre de la défense, Liang Guanglie, et le responsable du Parti communiste au Tibet, Zhang Qingli.Ils sont accusés par les plaignants d'avoir mené depuis le 10 mars une attaque "généralisée et systématique contre la population t

A Tibetan nun was severely beaten and arrested by Chinese police after she raised slogans in the main market in Karze in eastern Tibet on 25 August.Shedup Lhamo, a 33-year-old nun of Karze Gaden Choeling Nunnery, shouted slogans for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, freedom for Tibetans and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet, while throwing pamphlets in the air.She was immediately apprehended and severely beaten by the police before being taken away to a prison. A foreigner who took photos of the incident was also detained.

Details are trickling out on arbitrary detentions of more monks amid an ongoing crackdown in Ngaba.Around 14 of this month, Lobsang Sangye, 30, a monk from Kirti Monastery, was arbitrarily detained for unknown reasons.On 17 August, another monk from Kirti Monastery, Lobsang Konchok, 40,was also detained on unknown charges.Both monks were detained by the Public Security Bureau personnel of Ngaba County.Their condition and whereabouts remain unknown.

On 16th August , the Chinese officials have arrived to Mando Village and ordered locals to leave.To make sure that the order will be followed , the authorities registered the details of the local people.A total number of 400 nomad families were forced to leave their partially permanent living places.Local people and officials have guessed that the reason behind this forced families movement is the government's plan to build a dam on the river Ditchu.

Two known Tibetans were detained during a violent crackdown on a protest staged by local Tibetans that followed the twin self-immolation of Tashi and Lungtok this month in Ngaba.Sources contacting TCHRD indentified the two Tibetans who were detained along with unknown others on 13 August as Bhongo Kyi, 44, and Chechok, 48.Both sustained serious injuries as security personnel resorted to indiscriminate beatings to suppress the protest.Their current condition and whereabouts remain unknown.In addition to Bhongo Kyi and Chechok, there were others who were also beaten and detained.However, their d

A senior Tibetan monk who went missing for eight months since his arbitrary arrest last October has been sentenced to seven years in prison for 'sharing pictures of nun Tenzin Wangmo and information related to her self-immolation protest with outsiders' by an Intermediate People's Court in Ngaba Prefecture.The sentence was passed on 18 June 2012 by an Intermediate People’s Court in Ngaba Prefecture.The charges leveled against Yonten Gyatso, 37, a monk who had held various official posts at his Khashi Monastery in Ngaba County also included “sharing information since 2008 about political events

A 34-year old Tibetan nomad, Shonu Palden, who was detained last June by Chinese security officers has gone 'missing'.Shonu was arrested on 18 June 2012 from his home in Rongkor nomadic area in Belpen village in Machu County, Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, for allegedly leading protests in 2008.A group of officers from the local Stability Maintenance Bureau and Public Security Bureau arrested Shonu on 18 June and took him to the county detention centre where he was subjected to beatings and sustained questioning.

Authorities in Tibet have handed jail terms of three years each to two student protest leaders who had been held in detention since March.Tashi Tsering, 22, and Choeyang Gonpo, 21, were picked up on March 18 following student demonstrations four days earlier challenging Chinese rule and opposing policies favoring Chinese over Tibetan as the language of instruction in area schools.The two men, both students at the Kangtsa County School of Nationalities, were charged with advocating independence for Tibet, but were chosen from other students for prosecution because of their age.

Two Tibetans were sentenced to four years and two years’ prison terms on unknown dates in connection with that occurred in January 2012 in Ngaba.Logya, 33, a layman from Meruma township in Ngaba was sentenced to four years in prison for carrying a portrait of the Dalai Lama and leading a protest march on 23 January 2012 in Ngaba, a reliable source told TCHRD.After participating in the protests that swept a large part of Tibetan areas on 23 January 2012, Logya along with 24-yr-old Choepa managed to evade arrest in the hands of Chinese security officers for sometime.

A popular Tibetan singer has been detained by Chinese authorities, because of politically sensitive lyrics in his songs.Choksal, a resident of Driru county in the Tibet Autonomous Region, was taken into custody on July 29 by Chinese police, who told him he was wanted by authorities in Driru and in Lhasa.His whereabouts are unknown.The Tibetan public liked him because he sang songs about the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people, but the Chinese started watching his every move.Chinese security personnel banned him from singing in public and confiscated his albums from Tibetan stores in Lhasa and Dr

Two Tibetans set themselves on fire Monday in protest against Chinese rule in Ngaba county , triggering clashes between local Tibetans and police that resulted in a Tibetan beaten to death.Amid the rising tensions, some sources said there was a third self-immolation in the county, but the incident could not be immediately confirmed.The two confirmed self-immolations on Monday evening set the stage for bigger protests by Tibetans and a heavy police presence.Lungtok, a monk from the restive Kirti monastery in Ngaba, and another Tibetan, believed to be a layperson and identified as Tashi, torched

A Tibetan activist who set fire to himself to protest Chinese rule on Friday has succumbed to his burns, marking the third self-immolation fatality in a week.The 24-year old Choepa died as he was take away by Chinese security forces after he torched himself at the Meruma township in the Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.It happened when the Chinese police took him into their custody and rushed him to Barkham county.He died just before reaching Barkham town center.His body was cremated at Barkham and the remains were handed over to his family members.Choepa had been on the wanted list of the

On Wednesday, at 1:30 p.m., about 300 monks left the monastery of Labrang Tashikyil to say prayers and offer condolences at Dolkar Tso’s family home, but were stopped by Chinese officials.The officials threatened to take action against the monks and to confiscate their vehicles, but the monks left their vehicles and attempted to continue on foot to Dolkar Tso’s home.Staff from the monastery’s management committee came out to plead with them not to leave, and the monks then sat down in front of the gate of the Buddhist Dialectics School near the monastery and began to pray.More monks have now b