June 26 (Newsweek): Most political prisoners in China disappear inside prisons, gulags, or “black jails”—under “house arrest” in squalid hotels or under lock and key in psychiatric institutions. Read More
Respite in offing for Tibet’s gold mines?
June 23 (Phayul): In a move that could jeopardise China’s large scale gold mining efforts in Tibet, the London-based World Gold Council announced last week that it had Read More
Dalai Lama devolves formal political authority
May 29 (Tibet.net): The 14th Tibetan Parliament-Exile, after three days of intense deliberations, approved the devolution of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s administrative and political powers to the Read More
Tibetan political prisoner dies soon after release
May 30 (TCHRD): Jampa Pelsang a.k.a Puloe who was arrested on 6 May 1996 and subsequently sentenced to 15 years in prison for defying the “patriotic reedcation” campaign Read More
