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Under lockdown: Life inside dissident Tibetan town
China's stifling lockdown of this Tibetan town has not only been about patrolling its sleepy streets. It is also policing the minds of a community at the center of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.Soldiers with helmets, rifles, sticks and shields march in rows along this monastery town's main road against a backdrop of snow-speckled mountains. Police stare at passing cars, scanning license
China's stifling lockdown of this Tibetan town has not only been about patrolling its sleepy streets. It is also policing the minds of a community at the center of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.Soldiers with helmets, rifles, sticks and shields march in rows along this monastery town's main road against a backdrop of snow-speckled mountains. Police stare at passing cars, scanning license
Chinese official warns Tibetans against separatism
A provincial Communist Party chief warned Tibetan monks and residents to oppose separatism and obey the law as he visited a monastery and restive communities that have been at the center of many
Exiled Tibetans mark their New Year in Dharamsala under shadow of immolations
Tibetans along with the Dalai Lama marked a tense traditional new year with prayers, the sounding of a gong and subdued defiance in Dharamsala on Wednesday, in the wake of a string of
Chinese security tightens as Tibet marks new year
Wednesday marks the Tibetan lunar new year, but as China cracks down on dissent, exiled leaders have called on people not to celebrate.
Wednesday marks the Tibetan lunar new year, but as China cracks down on dissent, exiled leaders have called on people not to celebrate.
Report: Tibet monk self-immolates in China's west
An overseas group said Monday that a Tibetan Buddhist monk died after setting himself on fire outside a monastery in western China, and more than 1,000 people were trying to prevent police from
China detains hundreds of Tibetans, group says
China has detained and forced into re-education classes hundreds of Tibetans who went to India to receive religious instruction from the Dalai Lama, a U.S.-based human rights group said.
China has detained and forced into re-education classes hundreds of Tibetans who went to India to receive religious instruction from the Dalai Lama, a U.S.-based human rights group said.
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