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CHINA IN TIBET
Striking Hard Against Human Rights

1997 Annual Report
Human Rights Violations In Tibet
Tibetan Centre For Human Rights And Democracy

Table of Contents:

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Executive Summary
Recommendation
Religious Persecution through "Patriotic Re-education"
Curtailment of Freedom of Expression
Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience
Arbitrary Arrests and Detentions
Torture in Detention Centres and Labour Camps
Disappearance
Racial Discrimination
Women and Forced Birth Control
Inhumane Treatment of the Child
Population Transfer
Violations of Subsistence Rights under the New Taxation policy

Appendices
A. List of Currently Detained political prisoners from 1987 to 1997:
       • 1987-92    • 1993    • 1994    • 1995    • 1996-97
B.Number 0f 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


Copyright 1997 Spencer Sundell

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