Tibet
China’s Pervasive Use of Torture
April 14, 2016
| Hearing
Urging China’s President Xi To Stop State-Sponsored Human Rights Abuses
September 18, 2015
| Hearing
County Government Threatens Self-Immolation Communities With Collective Punishment
April 14, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Biru Villagers Respond With Protests to Chinese Flags, Security, Detentions
November 20, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Chairman Brown and Cochairman Smith Express Grave Concern Over Tibetan Self-Immolations
March 18, 2013
| Press Release
Tibetan Property Protests Result in Self-Immolation, Detention
February 8, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Official Opinion Urges Criminal Prosecution of Persons Linked to Self-Immolations
January 18, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Measures for Evaluating the Credentials of and Appointing Monastic Teachers in Tibetan Buddhism (Chinese Text)
December 3, 2012
| PRC Legal Provision
Special Report: Tibetan Self-Immolation - Rising Frequency, Wider Spread, Greater Diversity
August 22, 2012
| Issue Paper
Special Report: Tibetan Monastic Self-Immolations Appear To Correlate With Increasing Repression of Freedom of Religion
December 23, 2011
| Issue Paper
Dalai Lama Rejects Communist Party "Brazen Meddling" in Tibetan Buddhist Reincarnation
November 14, 2011
| Commission Analysis
County Court Convicts Monks of Intentional Homicide for Sheltering Self-Immolation Monk
October 18, 2011
| Commission Analysis
State Council Opinion Bolsters Grazing Ban, Herder Resettlement
October 18, 2011
| Commission Analysis
After Monk's Suicide: Coerced Removal and "Education" for Monks; Possible Murder Charges
August 17, 2011
| Commission Analysis
The Dalai Lama: What He Means for Tibetans Today
July 13, 2011
| Roundtable
Ganzi Regulations on "Tibetan Buddhist Affairs" Moving Toward Approval
May 20, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Tibetan Buddhist Affairs Regulations Taking Effect in Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures
March 10, 2011
| Commission Analysis
2010 Annual Report: New Developments in Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
October 20, 2010
| Roundtable
Government Policy on Tibetan Reincarnation Leads to Expulsions, Detentions, Suicide
October 18, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Measures on the Management of Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries (Chinese Text)
September 29, 2010
| PRC Legal Provision
Authorities Bolster Ethnic Unity Campaigns, Promote Spreading Party Policy During Ethnic Minority Holidays
August 9, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Relatives Visit Imprisoned Buddhist Teacher Tenzin Deleg, Officials Report Ill Health
June 30, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party Leadership Outlines 2010-2020 "Tibet Work" Priorities at "Fifth Forum"
March 9, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Statistics Add to Confusion, Mask Impact on Local Population
March 4, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Courts Use "Secrets" Law To Sentence Tibetan Online Authors to Imprisonment
January 21, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Party Official Adds More Preconditions Before Dalai Lama Dialogue Can Resume
December 9, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Talks with Chinese Officials in Switzerland Were Concrete and Substantive, Says Tibetan Special Envoy
November 7, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Special Envoy of the Dalai Lama Issues Statement Summarizing Recent China Visit
November 7, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Sichuan-Tibet Railway Work To Start, Impact May Far Surpass Qinghai-Tibet Railway
October 30, 2009
| Commission Analysis
CECC Special Topic Paper: Tibet 2008 - 2009
October 22, 2009
| Issue Paper
Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
October 7, 2009
| Hearing
Ahead of Sensitive Dates, Lhasa Officials Add "Strike Hard" to Crackdown
August 30, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Think Tank Faults Domestic Policies, Issues for March 2008 Tibetan Rioting
August 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
TAR Creates March 28 Holiday To Celebrate 1959 Dissolution of Dalai Lama's Government
May 10, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Measures for Confirming the Credentials of Tibetan Buddhist Professional Religious Personnel (Chinese Text)
May 8, 2009
| PRC Legal Provision
The Rising Stakes of Refugee Issues in China
May 1, 2009
| Roundtable
A Year After the March 2008 Protests: Is China Promoting Stability in Tibet?
March 13, 2009
| Roundtable
Restrictions on Information Access in Tibetan Areas Increase
March 12, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Mandates "Ethnic Unity Education" to Promote Party Policy on Ethnic Groups
February 3, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Lhasa Court Sentences Tibetans for Sharing Information With "The Dalai Clique"
February 3, 2009
| Commission Analysis
China-Dalai Lama Dialogue Round Ends: Party Restates Hard Line, Tibetans Begin Meeting
November 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
China Demands That the Dalai Lama Fulfill Additional Preconditions to Dialogue
July 30, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Officials Report Release of More Than 3,000 of the More Than 4,400 Detained Tibetan "Rioters"
July 9, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Communication Disruptions in Tibetan Areas Impede Flow of Information
June 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Dalai Lama's Envoys To Begin China Visit on May 3
May 12, 2008
| Commission Analysis
China Blocks Foreign Reporters From Covering Tibetan Protests
May 12, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Censorship of Internet and Foreign News Broadcasts Following Tibetan Protests
May 12, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Party, Government Launch New Security Program, Patriotic Education, in Tibetan Area
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CECC Political Prisoner Data Shows Rise in Tibetan Detentions in 2007
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Mixed Progress for Olympic Foreign Reporting Regulations One Year Later
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Party Congress Promotes Officials Linked to Harsh Policies Toward Tibetans
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Ganzi County Soundly Launches "Public Security Head" Pilot Project (Chinese and English Text)
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Tibetans Appeal Splittism, Espionage Sentences for Horse-Racing Festival Incident
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Tibetan Nomad Calling for Dalai Lama's Return Convicted of Subversion and Splittism
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
New Legal Measures Assert Unprecedented Control Over Tibetan Buddhist Reincarnation
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Statement of Steven Marshall Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - April 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
| Site Page
Protests Fueled by Patriotic Education Continue Amidst Lockdowns
April 10, 2008
| Issue Paper
CECC Chairman Sander Levin Speaks in Support of House Resolution on Tibet
April 9, 2008
| Press Release
Tibetan Abbot Suspected of Link to Posters Sentenced to Three Years' Imprisonment
February 12, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Official: New Rail Service to Lhasa to Bring About 4,000 Tourists Daily
July 26, 2007
| Commission Analysis
Measures on the Management of the Reincarnation of Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism (ICT Translation)
July 18, 2007
| PRC Legal Provision
Authorities Reduce Sentences of Six Political Prisoners, Release Three on Parole
January 3, 2007
| Commission Analysis
Tibetan University Graduates Stage Public Protest, Allege Job Discrimination
December 15, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Official Information Confirms Sentence for Tibetan Nun Who Put Up Posters
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Describes Status of Discussions With Chinese Government
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Officials Extend Tibetan's Sentence for Shouting Pro-Dalai Lama Slogans in Prison
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Officials Detain Nine Tibetan Residents of Sichuan for Links to Leaflets, Posters
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Forum on Tibetan Cultural Preservation Upholds Party Development Policy
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
TIN: Report Shows Tibetans in TAR Losing Ground in Public Sector Employment
November 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua: Qinghai-Tibet Railroad Tracks Laid At Tanggula Pass in Qinghai
November 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Communist Party Adds Tibetan Affairs Bureau to the United Front Work Department
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Government Announces Extension of Qinghai-Tibet Railway to Rikaze
August 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
TAR Party Secretary Accuses the Dalai Lama of Being a "False Religious Leader"
August 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Court Imprisons One Tibetan Writer, Party Officials Shut Down Another's Blogs
August 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Raises Environmental Concerns Despite Protection Efforts
July 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Begins Operation
July 25, 2006
| Commission Analysis
TAR Party Secretary Calls for Tighter Control of Tibetan Monasteries, Nunneries
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Lhasa Conference Considers Judicial Role in Protecting Qinghai-Tibet Railway
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Dalai Lama Urges Patience in Dialogue With China
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Prison Sentences End for Tibetan Monks From Gaden Monastery
June 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
First Passenger Trains to Lhasa Sold Out
May 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Government-Named Panchen Lama Speaks to Buddhist Forum; Dalai Lama Not Invited
May 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Torture Rapporteur's Report Discloses New Prison Near Lhasa
March 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
TAR Governor Acknowledges "Dialogue" with Dalai Lama's Envoys
March 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Lhasa Court Commutes Life Sentence for Children's Home Director to 19 Years
March 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
The China-Dalai Lama Dialogue: Prospects for Progress
March 13, 2006
| Roundtable
Eight Tibetans Detained in Sichuan Province Questioned About Fur-Burning Campaign
March 6, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Thawing Permafrost May Threaten Qinghai-Tibet Railroad in 10 Years
March 2, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Gansu Court Sentences Five Tibetan Monks and Nuns for Protest Posters
March 2, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Dalai Lama's Envoys Arrive in China for Fifth Round of Talks
February 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Dalai Lama's Envoy: China Talks Deal with Substantive Issues, Encounter Obstacle
February 25, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Ming Pao: TAR Party Secretary Yang Chuantang Hospitalized, Jampa Phuntsog Running TAR "Daily Work"
February 13, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Dalai Lama Tells Tibetans From China That He Does Not Seek Independence
February 10, 2006
| Commission Analysis
RFA: Three Tibetans Jailed for Suspected Separatism
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
China Releases Geshe Sonam Phuntsok Upon Completion of Prison Term
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
RFA and TIN reports: Tibetan Monk Arrested After Blaze in Ganzi
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
U.S. Senate Passes Resolution Calling for Release of Chinese Political Prisoners, Including Tenzin Deleg
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua: Tenzin Deleg May Receive Commutation When Reprieve of Death Sentence Expires on January 26
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Tenzin Deleg and Rule of Law in China
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
TIN: New Information Emerges on Sentence Reductions for Tibetan Political Prisoners
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
RFA: Five Tibetan Monks Imprisoned in Qinghai
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Police Detain Tibetan Monk From Prominent Qinghai Monastery
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
RFA: Tibetan College Graduates Protest in Qinghai, Claim Job Discrimination
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Court Official Acknowledges Imprisoning Tibetans Who Carried Dalai Lama Photos Into the TAR
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Potala Palace Monk Detained Before TAR 40th Anniversary
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
TAR Official Says Gedun Choekyi Nyima Living In His Hometown
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
UN Committee on Rights of the Child Urges China To Allow Visit to Boy Named As Panchen Lama
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
UN Committee Recommends Independent Expert to Visit Boy Named As Panchen Lama
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Monk Dies Following Dispute with Patriotic Education Instructors
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Additional Details Emerge on Religious Crackdown in Lhasa
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Five Drepung Monks Detained During Patriotic Education, Prompting Silent Protest
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Communist Party Official Promoted to Acting Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region
January 5, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Passenger Service to Begin in July 2006, Six Months Early
January 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese-Installed Panchen Lama Pledges to Meet Communist Party Expectations
January 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Government Campaign to Settle Tibetan Nomads Moving Toward Completion
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Lhasa Area Monks and Nuns Face a New Round of "Patriotic Education"
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Leaders Attend TAR 40th Anniversary Ceremony, Adopt TAR Goals for 21st Century
October 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Border Patrol Alleged to Fire on Tibetan "Asylum Seekers," 48 Detained
September 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Centuries-Old Buddhist Texts at Sakya Monastery to be Relocated During Renovation
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
TAR Governor: It's Not Time for the Dalai Lama to Come Home; Next Dalai Lama To Be Chosen by Lot According to Qing Dynasty Rules
July 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government-Appointed Panchen Makes First Visit to Tibetan Areas of Sichuan Province
July 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Dalai Lama's Envoys Meet Chinese Officials in Switzerland for Fourth Round of Talks
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Report: Dalai Lama Says a Democratic Tibet Would Not Need Another Dalai Lama
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Hu Chunhua Advances in TAR Party Hierarchy; Served During Period of Intensified Repression
June 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Propaganda About the Unity of Nationalities Intensifies During June
June 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Railway Bridge Completed at Lhasa; Tibetan Farmers Object to Compensation Amount
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Dalai Lama's Envoy Says Fourth Trip to China Will Be "Soon"
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Government Research Group Says Tibetan Farmers Enjoy Free Medical Care, No Agricultural Taxes
May 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
State Department Submits Third "Report on Tibet Negotiations"
April 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Tibetan Copper Mine to Tap China's Largest Proven Reserve
April 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Official Chinese Magazine Dismisses Dalai Lama's Call for "Real Autonomy"
April 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Tibetan Government-in-Exile: "We Have to Accept Ground Realities"
March 21, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Dalai Lama: "Tibet is a Part of the People's Republic of China"
March 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
News Report: Exiled Tibetan Leader Says Talks with PRC Will Be "Specific" and "Decisive"
March 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
News Report: Head of Exiled Tibetan Government Says More Talks With China Later This Year
March 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua: Qinghai-Tibet Railroad to Begin Trial Operation on July 1, 2006
March 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
TIN: Tibetan Scholars Assess Chances for a Sino-Tibetan Dialogue
March 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
President Bush Will Continue to Raise Human Rights Issues with Chinese Leaders
January 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua: Tenzin Deleg Death Penalty Commuted to Life Imprisonment
January 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Officials Pressure Tibetan Buddhist Leaders to Support PRC-installed Panchen Lama
January 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua: 48,000 Tibetan Students in Lhasa Prefecture Complete Intensive Patriotic Education
January 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua: Yang Chuantang Will Return to the TAR as Party Secretary
December 17, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Regulations on Religious Affairs (Chinese and English Text)
November 30, 2004
| PRC Legal Provision
The Telegraph (Calcutta): Dalai in Culture Sermon to China
November 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
HRIC: Chinese Authorities Punish Tibetan Author Over Book Favorable to the Dalai Lama
October 28, 2004
| Commission Analysis
RFA: Tibetan Monk Shot Dead in Qinghai, Officials Appeal for Calm
October 1, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Two Envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Visit China in Continuation of the Process to Deepen contacts with the Chinese
September 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Development Projects in Tibetan Areas of China: Articulating Clear Goals and Achieving Sustainable Results
March 19, 2004
| Roundtable
Teaching and Learning Tibetan: The Role of the Tibetan Language in Tibet's Future
April 7, 2003
| Roundtable
Open Forum on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
March 10, 2003
| Roundtable
The Execution of Lobsang Dondrub and the Case Against Tenzin Deleg: The Law, the Courts, and the Debate on Legality
February 10, 2003
| Issue Paper
Ethnic Minorities in China: Tibetans and Uighurs
June 10, 2002
| Roundtable
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