Tibetan Centre For Human Rights And Democracy


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

Executive Summary

Recommendation

Religious Persecution through "Patriotic Re-education"

   International Law
   China's "Strike Hard" Campaign in Tibet
   Work Teams in Monasteries/Nunneries in Tibet
   Closure of Monasteries
   Arrests of Monks and Nuns
   Expulsion5 from Monasteries and Nunneries
   Monks on Probation in Monasteries
   Deaths
   Voluntary Depopulation
   Ban on Photographs of the Dalai Lama
   The Panchen Lama Issue

Curtailment of Freedom of Expression

   International Law
   Cases of Violation of Freedom, of Expression and Opinion

Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience

   New Political Prisoners Placed in Detention in 1997
   Cases of Long Serving Political Prisoners still in Detention
   Known Tibetan Political Prisoners Serving Sentences of 10 years and Above

Arbitrary Arrests and Detentions

   International Law
   Arrested for the Exercise of Rights
   Denial of the Right to Fair Trial
   Denial of the Right to Appeal

Torture in Detention Centres and Labour Camps

   International Law
   Torture Resulting in Death
   Torture and Ill-treatment of Prisoners

Disappearance

   International Law
   Cases of Disappearance

Racial Discrimination

   international Law
   public Representation
   Employment
   Education
   Health

Women and Forced Birth Control

   international Law
   Torture and Ill-treatment of Women prisoners
   Cases of New Arrests
   Birth Control policy

Inhumane Treatment of the Child

   international Law
   Child political prisoners
   Education in Tibet
   Torture of Children
   Child refugees

Population Transfer

    International Law
   Increasing Migration
   Human Rights Implication

Violations of Subsistence Rights under the New Taxation policy

   international Law
   China's Taxation policy in Tibet
   Cases of Taxation in Tibet
   Increase in Beggar population

Appendices

A. List of Currently Detained political prisoners from 1987 to 1997
       1987-92    1993    1994    1995    1996-97
B. Number 0of known Arrests and Demonstration in 1997
C. Number of Known Arrests of Monks and Nuns during the 'Strike Hard' Campaign
D. Number of Expulsions of Monks and Nuns
E. List 0f known Monasteries and Nunneries covered by Chinese 'Work Team'
F. List of known deaths of Tibetans due to Torture
G.1996 Arrest Update

Map of Tibet


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