The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy's TIBET: ONE MORE YEAR OF REPRESSION - 1996 Annual human rights violations in Tibet report is now online at

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TIBET: ONE MORE YEAR OF REPRESSION

1996 ANNUAL REPORT -

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TIBET

TIBETAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION

1.1. International Law

1.2. China Politicises the Panchen Lama Issue

1.3. China's "Strike Hard" Campaign in Tibet

1.4. The "Last Battle"

2. THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND OPINION

2.1. International Law

2.2. Cases of Violations of Freedom of Expression and Opinion

3. POLITICAL PRISONERS AND PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE

3.1. International Law

3.2. Cases of long serving political prisoners still in detention

3.3. Serwa Monks in Powo Tramo Labour Camp

3.4. Known Tibetan political prisoners serving sentences of 10 years and above

4. ARBITRARY ARRESTS AND DETENTIONS

4.1 International Law

4.2. Arrested for the Exercise of Rights

4.3. Arbitrary Detentions

4.4. Non-observance of the Right to Fair Trial

5. THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM TORTURE

5.1. International Law

5.2. Torture Resulting In Death

5.3. Torture and Ill-Treatment of Prisoners

5.4. The Case of Jampel Tsering

6. DISAPPEARANCES

6.1. International Law

6.2. Cases of Disappearances

7. THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

7.1. International Law

7.2. Discrimination in Public Representation

7.3. Discrimination in Education

7.4. Discrimination in Language

7.5. Discrimination in Reproductive Rights

7.6. Discrimination in Employment

7.7. Discrimination in Housing

8. THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN

8.1. International Law

8.2. Arrests

8.3. Torture and Ill-treatment

8.4. Sexual Assault

8.5. Birth Control

9. THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

9.1. International Law

9.2. Juvenile Prisoners of Conscience

9.3. Detention without Trial

9.5. Closure of Schools and Expulsion of Students

10. POPULATION TRANSFER

10.1. International Law

10.2. Population Transfer: A State Endorsed Policy

10.3. Increasing Transfer of Chinese Population into Tibet

LIST OF KNOWN TIBETAN POLITICAL PRISONERS

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