Tibet and Xinjiang

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UN member countries should take steps now that could give Tibetans some hope.</p></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news-filter/7711">More news »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel-region-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-taxonomy-landing-page-panel-pane-2 pane-taxonomy-reports"> <h2 class="pane-title">Reports</h2> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-taxonomy-landing-page view-id-taxonomy_landing_page view-display-id-panel_pane_2 view-taxonomy-reports view-dom-id-2"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2010/07/22/i-saw-it-my-own-eyes-0">“I Saw It with My Own Eyes”</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-reportsynopsis-subtitle-value"> <span 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view-taxonomy-news-listings view-dom-id-3"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/29/china-tibetan-immolations-security-measures-escalate">China: Tibetan Immolations, Security Measures Escalate</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The self-immolation of seven Tibetans since November 26, 2012, highlights the failure of Chinese authorities to address Tibetan grievances.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/15/human-rights-now">Human Rights Now</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 15, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>As China's newly appointed chairman Xi Jinping took power Thursday, the leadership transition itself remains opaque: Not only have the Chinese people been excluded from the process, it is virtually impossible to understand what the leadership selection process entailed, given the lack of information about intra-party fighting, or glean a sense of what the new leader of the world's largest country cares about.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/21/china-un-members-should-address-rights-crisis-tibet">China: UN Members Should Address Rights Crisis in Tibet</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 20, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The many years of restricting Tibetans’ fundamental rights have led to acts of desperation that have escalated a crisis that shows no sign of abating. UN member countries should take steps now that could give Tibetans some hope.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/07/13/china-attempts-seal-tibet-outside-information">China: Attempts to Seal Off Tibet from Outside Information</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 13, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Restrictions on news, media, and communications in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/asia/china">Tibet</a> have been stepped up by Chinese authorities in the lead-up to the 18th Party Congress, due to take place in late 2012. The measures appear to be an effort to cut off Tibetans in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/asia/china">China</a>from news not subjected to the government’s domestic monopoly on information. They are presented officially as an attempt to prevent the views of the exiled Dalai Lama and his followers from reaching Tibetans inside China, particularly those living in rural areas.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/19/china-arbitrary-expulsions-tibetans-lhasa-escalate">China: Arbitrary Expulsions of Tibetans from Lhasa Escalate</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 19, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">As many as several hundred Tibetans from eastern areas of the Tibetan plateau who live in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), have been arbitrarily expelled from the city as part of a drastic security drive.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/16/china-tibetan-monasteries-placed-under-direct-rule">China: Tibetan Monasteries Placed Under Direct Rule</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 15, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Chinese government has ended a key policy of allowing Tibetan monasteries to be run by monks who comply with government regulations and have instead introduced a system that will place almost every monastery in Tibet under the direct rule of government officials who will be permanently stationed in each religious institution.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/16/china-end-crackdown-tibetans-who-visited-india">China: End Crackdown on Tibetans Who Visited India</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Feb 16, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The Chinese government should immediately release Tibetans who have been detained by local police and are being forced to undergo political re-education after travelling to India to listen to religious teachings there.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/26/china-refrain-using-excessive-force-against-protesters">China: Refrain From Using Excessive Force Against Protesters</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 26, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The Chinese government should immediately investigate shootings of Tibetan protesters by security forces, open Tibetan areas to international observers, and engage with representatives of the Tibetan community to address grievances and growing violence.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/11/07/china-address-causes-tibet-self-immolations">China: Address Causes of Tibet Self-Immolations</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 7, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Chinese government should address the underlying causes of protests that have led 11 Tibetans to set themselves on fire since March 2011.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/11/03/open-letter-president-people-s-republic-china-self-immolations-tibetan-populated-are">Open Letter to the President of the People’s Republic of China on self-immolations in Tibetan populated areas of Sichuan Province</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 3, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">We are writing to express our concern regarding a number of incidents in which Tibetans living in Sichuan Province have set themselves on fire apparently in protest against restrictions on fundamental freedoms and human rights and punitive security measures imposed on a number of monasteries in the area.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/7711">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130125214558/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a 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