https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jagJuiGvW2w
The Chinese authorities don’t want this video to be seen – they have confiscated mobile phones from those filming protests in Yushu. But one Tibetan has managed to smuggle this out.
Tibetans whose houses were destroyed by a major 2010 earthquake have been ordered to pay the authorities for reconstruction, despite funds coming from international donations.
Police have flooded the area, eight Tibetans have been arrested and others threatened if they fail to pay.
Protests over land rights and the environment are growing in Tibet.
Tsepak and Jigshi Kyab (pictured above) have been arrested after protesting land confiscations, after the local authorities broke promises to resolve their grievances.
They held banners saying “We will protect our land even at the cost of our lives”.
This month a new report from our research partner Tibet Watch highlighted the authorities’ repressive and often violent response to environmental protests in recent years.
You can read it here
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