Dharamshala, India — Tashi Wangchuk, the former political prisoner and Tibetan language advocate, went to Yushu city to meet with top officials to ask them to strengthen the use of the Tibetan language inside and outside the government and schools, but later Chinese police summoned him to the police station and interrogated him for more than two hours.

New York, USA — ‘Chinese authorities were committing crimes against humanity as part of a widespread and systematic attacks including mass detention, torture, and cultural persecution. Tibetans inside Tibet continued to be subjected to grave abuses, including harsh and lengthy imprisonment for exercising their basic rights,’ said Human Rights Report 2022.

Dharamshala, India — Chinese authorities have detained at least 10 Tibetans from Draggo County, Kham region of eastern Tibet, who have expressed their refusal to destroy the Buddha statue or to cooperate with the Chinese authorities in their removal.

Dharamshala, India — The 99-foot-tall Buddha statue and 45 prayer wheels were destroyed by local Chinese authorities in Draggo county, Kham, Tibet. Even though local Tibetans have legal documents for the construction of the giant Buddha statue, Chinese authorities demolished it six years after it was built.

Dharamshala, India— A Tibetan monk was recently sentenced to five years in prison by Chinese authorities, for merely sharing the teachings of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and distributing his books.

Dharamshala — A Tibetan writer and educator known for his loyalty to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, was given a ten-year prison sentence by a Chinese court in Tibet.