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    <title>Tibet (China) - IFEX</title>
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    <description>Tibet (China)</description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:14:02 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - China imposes alarming new surveillance, security in Tibet]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2013/03/22/new_surveillance_system/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Chinese government's announcement that it will expand a new security system throughout Tibet despite an already heavy security presence and little evidence of violent threats to the state raises grave concerns about threats to human rights.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2013/03/22/new_surveillance_system/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - China urged to stop sentencing Tibetans for "inciting" immolations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2013/02/04/tibetans_immolations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Chinese court sentenced Tibetan monk Lorang Konchok to death with two years' reprieve and his nephew, Lorang Tsering, to 10 years in prison on charges of "intentional homicide" in connection with the self-immolation protests of other Tibetans.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:05:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2013/02/04/tibetans_immolations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Jailed Tibetan filmmaker shifted to better conditions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2013/01/23/wangchen_better_conditions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen has reportedly been moved to a women's prison where conditions are not as harsh. However, there is no new information about Jigme Gyatso, a Buddhist monk who assisted Wangchen on a documentary and who has been arrested several times.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2013/01/23/wangchen_better_conditions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Whereabouts of three arrested Tibetan monks unknown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2013/01/07/monks_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[There is concern about three Tibetan monks of whom there has been no news since their arrest in early December 2012 for sharing information about a student demonstration.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2013/01/07/monks_missing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Confusion grows around missing Tibetan monk filmmaker]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/12/03/missing_monk_filmmaker/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Chinese authorities have issued an arrest order for Jigme Gyatso, a missing monk who helped film a 2008 documentary about life in Tibet.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/12/03/missing_monk_filmmaker/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Tibetan immolations, security measures escalate in China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/11/30/immolations_escalate/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In response to an increase in self-immolations by Tibetans, Chinese authorities have employed forms of collective punishment to discourage these acts and arrested people who helped immolators plan or carry out their protests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:50:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/11/30/immolations_escalate/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Sign petition to free Tibetan journalist Dhondup Wangchen]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/11/07/dhondup_wangchen/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Help the Committee to Protect Journalists reach 10,000 signatories on its petition calling on the Chinese president to immediately release Dhondup Wangchen, unjustly serving six years in prison.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/11/07/dhondup_wangchen/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Tibetans jailed for providing information about self-immolation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/10/04/tibetans_jailed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Four young Tibetans have been given long jail sentences for trying to circulate information about the grave human rights situation in the Tibetan region, where at least 52 people have set fire to themselves since February 2009.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/10/04/tibetans_jailed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Missing colleague of Tibetan filmmaker causes concern]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/10/03/gyetso_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tibetan filmmaker Jigme Gyatso, who assisted a documentarian who is currently in prison, has been missing since 20 September and his colleagues fear he may have been detained.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/10/03/gyetso_missing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Chinese security forces arrest five Tibetan monks in raid on monastery]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/09/07/monks_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Monks were detained in a raid by soldiers and police in eastern Tibet, in response to the circulation of reports and photos outside Tibet.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/09/07/monks_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Tibetan Buddhist monk sentenced to seven years in jail]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/08/24/buddhist_monk_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Buddhist monk Yonten Gyatso, who has been arbitrarily detained for months, received a seven-year prison sentence for spreading information about Tibet.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/08/24/buddhist_monk_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Authorities attempt to seal off Tibet from outside information]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/07/13/transformed__china_attempts_to_seal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Restrictions on news, media and communications in Tibet have been stepped up by Chinese authorities in the lead-up to the 18th Party Congress.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/07/13/transformed__china_attempts_to_seal/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - China celebrates Dalai Lama's birthday by cutting communications in Tibetan region]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/07/10/communications_cut/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Both text messaging and internet access was disabled for two days in Ganzi prefecture, a Tibetan autonomous region in western Sichuan province.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/07/10/communications_cut/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Authorities openly threaten to "torture" those who circulate information]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/03/30/torture_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Police in Gan Lho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture have posted public notices in which "criminals" who circulate certain views and information are threatened with "torture".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:20:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/03/30/torture_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Act now to help release Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/03/19/dhondup_wangchen/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was arrested in March 2008 and charged with "inciting separatism," but he was committing no crime, merely documenting the views of ordinary Tibetans in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He has been tortured whilst in detention, is in poor health and has been denied medical treatment. Join the filmmaker's wife, Lhamo Tso, in calling for his release. <a href="http://leavingfearbehind.com/take-action/">Sign the petition here.</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/03/19/dhondup_wangchen/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Four years on, wife calls for Tibetan filmmaker's release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/03/16/call_for_release/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lhamo Tso has not spoken to her husband Dhondup Wangchen since 17 March 2008 and hears of him only when his sister visits the Xichuan Prison in Qinghai province, western China, where he is serving six years.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/03/16/call_for_release/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - "Invisible Tibet" blogger elicits China's extra-judicial ire]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/03/01/invisible_tibet/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Beijing-based blogger Woeser reported on her website that she has been confined to her residence by Beijing public security officers who are stationed outside her home.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/03/01/invisible_tibet/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Authorities put Tibet on virtual lockdown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/02/29/virtual_lockdown/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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).
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:54:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/02/29/virtual_lockdown/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Blackout imposed by Chinese authorities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/02/23/tibet_cut_off/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF is alarmed at the blackout imposed on the provinces of Sichuan and Qinghai, as well as the autonomous region of Tibet, preventing all media coverage of protest movements.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:54:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/02/23/tibet_cut_off/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Writer arrested in ongoing crackdown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/02/22/gangkye_drubpa_kyab/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The WiPC urgently seeks information about the whereabouts of writer Gangkye Drubpa Kyab, who has been held incommunicado at an unknown location since 15 February 2012, his wellbeing and any charges against him.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/02/22/gangkye_drubpa_kyab/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - PEN American Center concerned over "virtual lockdown" on freedom of expression]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/02/09/internet_cut/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Foreign journalists have been prevented from covering police clashes with citizens in Sichuan Province and Tibetan-language print shops, blogs and websites have been shut down.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:26:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2012/02/09/internet_cut/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - IFJ urges authorities to uphold post-Olympic press freedom promises]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/03/foreign_journalists_barred/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Foreign journalists have reported being followed by unidentified people, being escorted by police back to the airport, being questioned for hours by police, being forced to delete images from their cameras and having their research and writing materials confiscated. 
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:59:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/02/03/foreign_journalists_barred/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Authorities urged to refrain from using excessive force against protesters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/01/27/ganzai_tibetan_deaths/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Security forces opened fire on Tibetan protesters on 23 and 24 January, killing at least two people and injuring several dozen more.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:19:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2012/01/27/ganzai_tibetan_deaths/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Human Rights Watch calls on government to address causes of self-immolation protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2011/11/07/address_causes_letter/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:47:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2011/11/07/address_causes_letter/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Monks burn themselves alive to protest police attacks, confinement and surveillance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2011/10/26/monks_protest/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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. 
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2011/10/26/monks_protest/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Heavy-handed security exacerbates grievances, desperation in Tibetan monasteries]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2011/10/13/monastery_restrictions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Human Rights Watch, "Security measures designed to curtail the right to free expression, association, and religious belief in Tibetan monasteries are not legitimate".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2011/10/13/monastery_restrictions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Tibetan magazine editor given four-year jail term]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2011/07/07/rabten_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ condemned the closed-door sentencing of Tashi Rabten, who had been jailed without charge for over a year.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2011/07/07/rabten_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Authorities censor Tibetan websites]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2011/03/25/website_shut_down/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Wangchuk Tseten, one of the founders of Chinese-language Tibetan affairs website TibetCul, said on his personal microblog that the website went offline without explanation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2011/03/25/website_shut_down/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Several journalists receive harsh sentences one year after Liu Xiaobo's trial
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2010/12/29/abdulla_life_sentence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Memetjan Abdulla was sentenced to life in prison for translating and posting articles on the plight of Uyghurs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:07:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2010/12/29/abdulla_life_sentence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Jailed filmmaker's wife appeals for his release ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/12/15/wangchen_wife_appeal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In March 2008, the Chinese government sentenced Tibetan documentary filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen to six years in prison.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/12/15/wangchen_wife_appeal/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - IPA calls for release from prison of Tibetan author and editor Tragyal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/08/24/tragyal_imprisoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao, IPA expressed deep concern over the fate of Tragyal and called for his release from prison. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/08/24/tragyal_imprisoned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Authorities insist on surveillance and filtering software in all Internet cafés, companies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/08/10/filtering_software/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The authorities are insisting that all Internet cafés and companies that make computers available to the public install the same sophisticated filtering and surveillance software that was recently imposed in Beijing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/08/10/filtering_software/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Two Tibetan magazine editors arrested, mistreated in detention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/06/11/chengdu_editors_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Goyon and Thupten Gedun were arrested by police in Chengdu and mistreated for several hours before being released.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/06/11/chengdu_editors_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[China - Writer arrested; Propaganda Department sets rules for covering Shanghai Expo and Qinghai earthquake
 ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/2010/04/30/shanghai_propaganda/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The media are asked to reduce their coverage of the consequences of the Qinghai earthquake and increase their reporting on the Shanghai exhibition.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:38:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/2010/04/30/shanghai_propaganda/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - China "jamming" quake condolences, Oslo-based radio station says]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/04/23/vot_jammed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In recent days, the Voice of Tibet radio service had been broadcasting messages of support and grief from exiled Tibetans over the deadly earthquake in northwest China.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/04/23/vot_jammed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Netizen given 10-year sentence for sending photos of March 2008 uprising]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/03/23/tibetan_convicted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["The repression has never stopped since the March 2008 uprising in the Tibetan regions," RSF said. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/03/23/tibetan_convicted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - "Voice of the Voiceless" for Tibet: RSF interview with radio station editor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/01/21/voice_of_the_voiceless_interview/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite jamming by China, Voice of Tibet functions as a voice for Tibetans who cannot express themselves. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:51:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/01/21/voice_of_the_voiceless_interview/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Tibetan filmmaker denied appeal to six-year sentence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/01/08/wangchen_denied_appeal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was unable to appeal his sentence after being denied access to his chosen lawyer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:09:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/01/08/wangchen_denied_appeal/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Tibetan filmmaker sentenced to six years in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/01/06/dhondup_wangchen_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["This sentence is a disgrace for China," said RSF after Dhondup Wangchen's 28 December 2009 sentencing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:39:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2010/01/06/dhondup_wangchen_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Two Tibetans sentenced to three years in jail for posting Dalai Lama photographs online]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/12/09/bloggers_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The two have been detained in Lhasa since 1 October 2009, while their families have been unable to visit them or obtain any information about them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/12/09/bloggers_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Court hands down heavy sentences to two Internet writers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/11/17/tseyang_and_tsephel_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kunga Tseyang received a five-year sentence while Kunchok Tsephel was sentenced to 15 years on a charge of "divulging state secrets".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/11/17/tseyang_and_tsephel_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Jailed Tibetan filmmaker appeals for help]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/11/12/dhondup_wangchen_appeal/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["My trial has started. There is no good news I can share with you," wrote filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen in a letter addressed to his family.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:06:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - More Tibetans arrested in connection with Internet activities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/10/22/three_tibetans_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gyaltsen, Nymia Wangchuk and Yeshe Namkha are accused of sending information about Tibet to contacts abroad via the Internet.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:33:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/10/22/three_tibetans_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Authorities tighten grip on Tibetan websites and readers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/09/14/two_websites_blocked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two new Tibetan websites that are hosted on servers within China have been inaccessible for the past month.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/09/14/two_websites_blocked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Four Tibetan writers jailed for criticising Chinese government]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/08/06/four_writers_imprisoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF is shocked to learn of the imprisonment of four Tibetan writers,  reported by the Tibetan blogger "Woeser" and confirmed by other local blogs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/08/06/four_writers_imprisoned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - More than 13,000 signatures on petition for Tibetan filmmaker's release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/07/30/dhondup_wangchen_petition/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF has delivered a petition to Chinese authorities calling for the release of  Dhondup Wangchen, who has been held since 2008 and is seriously ill.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/07/30/dhondup_wangchen_petition/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Free Dhondup Wangchen!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/06/26/wangchen_petition/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF launches petition for the release of Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/06/26/wangchen_petition/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Tibetan in prison for more than a year for sending texts and e-mails]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/06/26/guide_jailed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF has condemned a three-year prison sentence against mountain guide Gonpo Tserang for sending text messages and e-mails abroad.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/06/26/guide_jailed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Tibetan writer Kunga Tseyang arrested]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/03/23/tibetan_writer_kunga_tseyang_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of Tibetan writer Kunga Tseyang on 17 March 2009, and the re-arrest of Jigme Gyatso, a monk who helped Dhondup Wangchen make "Leaving fear behind," a 2008 documentary featuring interviews with more than 100 Tibetans, including monks and elderly people.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:19:32 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/03/23/tibetan_writer_kunga_tseyang_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibet (China) - Security officials re-arrest Tibetan filmmaker Jigme Gyatso]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/03/19/security_officials_re_arrest_tibetan/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is an 18 March 2009 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:04:26 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/china/tibet/2009/03/19/security_officials_re_arrest_tibetan/</guid>
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