16 April 2008: Chushul (Ch: Chushui) County, Lhasa municipality – Fifty monks arrested after PAP conducts raid at 4 am in the morning Around 4 am on 16 April, huge numbers of People’s Armed Police (PAP) surrounded Ratoe monastery, in…
1-8 May 2008: Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture, Kham (incorporated into “TAR”) – Authorities re-locate Stupas to create space for a park Eleven stupas (a Buddhist shrine or pagoda that houses a relic), which earlier stood behind the prayer hall of…
4 May 2008: Chamdo (Ch: Changdu) County, Kham (incorporated into Chamdo Prefecture, “TAR”) – Tibetan man shot and killed after he resists arrest At around 9 am on 4 May, seven People’s Security Bureau (PSB) officials arrived at the home…
Dharamshala: The two envoys, Kasur Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, will give a briefing to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Tibetan leadership, when they reach Dharamshala on Wednesday, 7 May. The two envoys of His Holiness the Dalai…
29 April 2008: Tawu (Ch: Daofu) County, Karze “TAP,” Kham (incorporated into Chinese province of Sichuan) – Without any warning or justification, the People?s Security Bureau (PSB) officials arrested Nyima Drakpa (age 41) in Bardzi Township. Nyima Drakpa is a…