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Tibet (China)

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Human Rights Watch calls on government to address causes of self-immolation protests

Eleven Tibetans have set themselves on fire since March, apparently to protest restrictions on basic freedoms and punitive security measures imposed on a number of monasteries.

Jailed filmmaker's wife appeals for his release

In March 2008, the Chinese government sentenced Tibetan documentary filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen to six years in prison.

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From the Communiqué

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Monks burn themselves alive to protest police attacks, confinement and surveillance

Violent raids, arbitrary detentions and permanent police surveillance drove two former Tibetan monks to fatally set themselves on fire on 7 October, reports Human Rights Watch. The tragic deaths follow a pattern, with four others self-immolating this year alone in the Sichuan region.

ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF UPRISING, IFEX MEMBERS ASK CHINA TO FREE REPORTERS

The Chinese authorities celebrated 10 March, the 50th anniversary of Tibet's uprising against Chinese rule, by booting out foreigners, including journalists, from Kangding City, a Tibetan region of Sichuan. The order came after two homemade explosives were thrown at police vehicles in neighbouring Qinghai province.

AUTHORITIES BLACK OUT INDEPENDENT COVERAGE OF DEADLY PROTESTS

The Chinese authorities have made it nearly impossible for independent journalists to cover the protests in Tibet and in neighbouring provinces by imposing "suffocating restrictions" on the press, from expelling foreign reporters to censoring news coverage.

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