Translated by Tashi Namgyal Numerous Tibetan monks and local residents from Wonpoto township, Derge County in Tibet were arrested arbitrarily following a peaceful protest against the Hydropower station construction and forced relocation plan. During the arrest, some were admitted...

Tibetan justice advocate Gonpo Kyi is staging a peaceful protest in front of people’s high court in Lhasa.

Translated by Tashi Namgyal Tibetan people appealed to the local officials by kneeling down on their knees as the Chinese government forcibly ordered the relocation of Yena monastery in Derge County in Tibet. The Chinese government has initiated the...

Translated by Tashi Namgyal Many Tibetans staged a protest in front of the Public Hall of Derge County in Tibet against constructing a new dam on the Yangtze River and the relocation of local people. The Chinese authorities initiated...

Translated by Tashi Namgyal The Chinese government arrested a young Tibetan monk, Tenzin Chenrab, well known by his pen name, Dhong Rangchak. His mother’s health condition has become weaker due to worry about her son. Over the past years,...

Translated by Tashi Namgyal  Monk Thamke Gyatso, the library director of Ngaba Kirti Monastery was arrested and detained on alleged charges of contacting with foreign entities and publishing books received from abroad. It has been over eight months since...

On 1 February 2024, Tibetan monk Rinchen Tsultrim was released to his residence, but still placed under restrictions.  Rinchen Tsultrim, a monk of Nangshik monastery from Ngaba county has been released after completing four and a half years prison...

Translated by Tashi Namgyal Edited by Yangchen Tso The Chinese government sentenced Lobsang Kunchok and Lobsang Kalsang, Two monks of Kirti monastery in Ngaba county who self-immolated for the cause of Tibet in 2011. After serving seven years in...

Translated by Tashi Namgyal Taden, a Tibetan man from Aruk township, Dhola County, Tibet was arrested on alleged charges of contacting and sharing information to the outside world. Following his arrest, his family was denied to meet him. According...

Translated by Tashi Nyamgyal Edited by Yangchen Tso The Chinese government is investigating Wang Yong, a member Communist Party and the vice-chairman of the government of Tibet Autonomous Region. Under China’s anti-corruption campaign “Tigers Flies, and Everything in Between,...

Translated by Tashi Namgyal On 10 June 2021, Lobsang Tashi, a former head of prayer session in Ngaba Kirti Monasteries was suddenly arrested by the Chinese police. After a few months, he was reportedly sentenced to three years imprisonment...

Translated by Tashi Namgyal Tsedon, A Tibetan girl from Tibet University in Lhasa was arrested by the police of Ritso township, Nyemo county, Tibet. Nearly half a month later, her family members were informed of her death, but denied...

The Chinese government has sentenced Zhang Yongze, a former deputy chairman of the government of Tibet Autonomous Region, to 14 years imprisonment on alleged charges of bribery. Under the policy of crackdown on tigers and flies at the same...

Tsering Tso, a Tibetan woman has been detained on trumped-up charges of criticising actions of police and breaking the civil and internet regulations. On 19 December 2023, police of Drachen county arrested Tsering Tso and have been interrogating her...

At least over 40 Tibetan monks and laypeople were arrested, and eight Tibetans were imprisoned in 2023. Most of them are allegedly charged with possessing the Dalai Lama’s photography, conducting prayer services and smoke offerings, as well as establishing...

Translated by Tashi Namgyal Lhakdor, a Tibetan man from Pelyul county, Tibet was sentenced to 11 years in prison on charges of spreading rumors about Tibet independence. It has already been seven years since his imprisonment. In July 2016,...

The Chinese police officials re-educated Gonpo Kyi’s husband, Choekyong, for five days and later released on December 18, 2023. A concerned Tibetan informed Tibet Times, “Lhasa police released Choekyong on the morning of December 18, 2023, but where Gonpo...

Gonpo Kyi and her husband, Choekyong have been arrested for appealing a retrial of unfair imprisonment to the renowned Tibetan businessman, Dorjee Tashi. During a protest in front of Lhasa intermediate People’s court to appeal a retrial for Dorjee...

Yesterday morning around 8:30 local time in Tibet, the main four organizers of the Mani stone carving project were arrested in Kyegudo claiming that they have collected huge amounts of donations illegally. Traditionally, in Kyegudo regions, people conduct ceremonies...

Translated by Tashi Namgyal  Edited by Yangchen Tso The Chinese government imprisoned a Tibetan woman, Semkyi Dolma from Dhamgzhong County on trumped-up charges of sending ‘State Secrets’ abroad. As China’s restriction on the internet continues, mobile phones are being...

The Sershul County police arrested two Tibetan Women and as of now, their whereabouts and condition remains unknown.

The Chinese government has sentenced singer, Golok Palden to three years and currently, he is in the prison of Pema County, Golok.

Four monks of Lhadong monastery in Nubling village, Gemar Township, Dingri County, Tibet were reportedly arrested.

The Chinese government is imposing restrictions on publishing houses in Kham, Amdo, and Tibet Autonomous regions. On November 10th, the Chinese government released the “White Papers” on Tibet. This report included information that more than 45,000 books and nearly...

Four Tibetans, Gelo, Tsedu, Bamo and Khore from Awikyil Rigo village, Khekor Township, Serta County, Tibet were sentenced to two years imprisonment each and are currently serving in Yak-Nga prison. On 24th August 2022, the Chinese authorities arrested Shukdar,...

Wangchuk Tso was arrested on alleged charges of sharing a photograph of the 14th Dalai Lama in a group chat on social media. On 26th October 2023, the Chinese police reported that a Tibetan woman, Wangchuk Tso was arrested because she had...

Kunchok Dakpa, a monk of Tashi Monastery from Yhewa village in Tewo county, Tibet, was arrested around October 29th, 2023. The Chinese government has arrested and detained many Tibetans on various charges and accusations over the past few years....

The Chinese government has closed numerous Tibetan schools in Tibet while putting effort into building so-called Tibetan classes or schools inside China under the command of political responsibility. On the 26th of October 2023, the Education Department of Tibet...

Samphel, a Tibetan from Shigatse in Tibet, was arrested and taken by local police to the Shigatse police station, and his current whereabouts remain unknown. On October 25th, 2023, Samphel was summoned to the police station of Gidhong township,...