Tibetians' civil and political rights are under constant attack by the Chinese authorities.
Tibetans are not free to protest or openly speak about their situation. Even peacefully demonstrations are met with heavy handed military crackdowns.
In 2008 thousands of Tibetans staged the largest protest in Tibet for over 50 years. Chinese authorities arrested an estimated 6,000 protestors, of which the fate of about 1,000 still remains unknown.
The upsurge in self-immolations and other protests since 2011 has led Chinese authorities to step up security and attempt to improve even tighter control over Tibet.
Prisons in Tibet are full of people detained for simply expressing their desire for freedom. People have been arrested and sentenced to prison for peaceful acts such as: waving the Tibetan flag, distributing leaflets, sending information about events in Tibet abroad.
Many Tibetans are imprisoned on unclear or unspecified charges, their families are not informed of their whereabouts.
Released prisoners report of having been subjected to beatings, electric shocks, and being deprived of food and drink.
China attempts to control all information in and out of Tibet. TV, radio, printed media, and the internet are subjected to strict monitoring and censorship.
Buddhism is central to Tibetan life and monasteries and nunneries are kept under tight surveillance. Monks and nuns have been beaten, jailed and tortured.
The Tibetans can not help them selfs. Please inform the world of this problem, so that we together can stop this, and give the Tibetans and the Dalai Lama their homes back.
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