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Factsheet – Self-immolations
In an act driven by the anguish of oppression and separation from the exiled Dalai Lama, over 140 Tibetans have set fire to themselves in Tibet and China in one of the biggest waves of self-immolation as political protest globally in the past 60 years.
Factsheet – Uprising and crackdown
Since President Xi Jinping’s assumption of leadership on March 13, 2013, the crackdown across Tibet has deepened, particularly in areas where there have been self-immolations or unrest.
Factsheet – Torture
Since the unrest in 2008 and crackdown in Tibet, the Chinese authorities have adopted a harsher approach to suppressing dissent and there has been a significant spike in the number of Tibetanpolitical prisoners taken in Tibetan areas of the PRC. There is also evidence that since 2008 torture has become more widespread and directed at […]
Factsheet – Militarization
Since Xi Jinping assumed full power in China on March 13, 2013, the crackdown across Tibet has deepened, particularly in areas where there have been self-immolations or unrest. Policies and measures that undermine Tibetan culture and religion that led to the protests and instability in the first place have been strengthened, while the ‘unbearable oppression’ […]
Factsheet – Repression of Religious Freedom
The Chinese government’s implementation of state religious policy is particularly harsh in Tibet.Tibetan Buddhism is an integral element of Tibetan identity and Tibetan nationalism and therefore, is perceived as a potential threat to the unity of the country and the authority of theCommunist Party, which requires Chinese citizens to ‘love the country’ above all else. […]
Factsheet – Tibet and the Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama is believed to be the manifestation of Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and the protector deity of Tibet, who chooses to re-incarnate to serve and help ease the suffering of the people. The successive Dalai Lamas, from the fifth to the present 14th, served as both the temporal leader of the Tibetan […]
Factsheet – Chinese leadership in Tibet
Little is reliably known about which individuals and institutions in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are ultimately responsible for formulating and implementing government policy in Tibet. Instead, China’s complex and factionalized pow-er structures are almost entirely opaque on the question of Tibet, and the relevant government and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials remain entirely […]
Factsheet – Chinese rule in Tibet
For centuries, Tibet – a vast high altitude plateau between China and India – remained remote from the rest of the world with a widely dispersed population of nomads, farmers, monks and traders. In 1949, following the foundation of the Chinese Communist state, the People’s Liberation Army invaded Tibet and soon overpowered its poorly equipped […]
Factsheet – Defining Tibet and Tibetan Autonomy
Tibet was traditionally comprised of three main regions: Amdo (northeastern Tibet), Kham (eastern Tibet) and U-Tsang (central and western Tibet). The Tibet Autonomous Region was established by the Chinese government in 1965 and covers the area of Tibet west of the Yangtse River (Tibetan: Drichu), including part of Kham. The rest of Amdo and Kham […]
Tibet Brief – Edition 51
In this edition: New ICT report “Blue gold from the highest plateau: Tibet’s water and global climate change” published amid COP21 talks; Visit of EUSR for Human Rights to China & 34th EU-China Human Rights dialogue held in Beijing; Activities in the European Parliament; US Congressional delegation visit to China; UN activities: UPR of Nepal and China’s CAT Review; President Xi Jinping’s visit to the UK; Tibetan exiles participate in preliminary election for new leadership; Wave of solo peaceful protests in Ngaba: repression and further restrictions imposed (…)