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Articles - Tibet (China)

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Tibet (China) / China

Authorities put Tibet on virtual lockdown

In response to a growing number of ethnic Tibetans setting themselves on fire, China has imposed a media blackout on Tibet and the provinces of Sichuan and Qinghai, say Reporters Without Borders (RSF), PEN American Center and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

Tibet (China)

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.

Tibet (China)

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.

Tibet (China)

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.

Tibet (China)

DISSIDENT MONK RELEASED AFTER 18 YEARS

A monk who was jailed for publishing literature critical of China's occupation of Tibet has finally been released after 18 years, reports PEN American Center. Ngawang Phulchung, a senior monk in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa and an honorary member of PEN, was released on 29 October, six months before his sentence was due to expire.

Tibet (China)

RSF DECRIES CONTINUING CRACKDOWN ON FREE EXPRESSION

As Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, marked his 70th birthday last week, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) released a report criticising China for continuing to crack down on press freedom and access to information in Tibet.

Tibet (China)

CASE AGAINST MONK HIGHLIGHTS FREE EXPRESSION CLAMPDOWN

The persecution of a highly respected Tibetan monk who faces a death sentence on unproven charges highlights the restriction of Tibetans' free-expression rights all over China, says a new report by Human Rights Watch.

Tibet (China)

FOREIGN RADIO A LIFELINE FOR LISTENERS

Tibet may be one of the most isolated and politically repressive places in the world, but foreign radio broadcasts offer hope for a populace that refuses to accept Chinese propaganda, reports the "IPI Global Journalist."

Tibet (China)

BEIJING JAMS TIBETAN RADIO SERVICE

The Voice of Tibet (VOT), an independent Oslo-based radio station whose daily programmes provide listeners in Tibet with a "lifeline to the free world," is again being targeted by the Chinese government, reports the Norwegian Forum for Freedom of Expression (NFFE). According to the VOT Foundation in Oslo, Communist Party officials have intensified efforts to jam the station's short wave signal since late 1999, with high-ranking authorities reportedly stating that the VOT "should be silenced once and for all."

Tibet (China)

PHOTOGRAPHS DOCUMENT REPRESSION IN EASTERN TIBET

China's ongoing repression and violations of basic human rights in Tibet are clearly documented in a recently-released Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Aperture report. (Aperture is a charitable educational foundation devoted to photography and related visual arts.) "Tibet Since 1950: Silence, Prison, or Exile" contains over one hundred photographs, essays by journalists and scholars and interviews with Tibetan exiles. The report shows how the Chinese government continues to subject the Tibetan people to "arbitrary arrest, torture, unfair trials, the secular takeover of religion, and the absence of freedom of association, expression, and assembly." The photographs included in the report span the last half century and include some secretly-taken photographs of Chinese prisons in Eastern Tibet which have never been published in the West before.