In a comprehensive report released on May 21, Human Rights Watch (HRW) exposed the extensive use of coercive tactics by Chinese authorities in relocating
Phayul.com is one of the most popular & successful Tibetan news website in English. With daily readers touching over 12,500 and still growing. It features news and views on Tibet.
Tibetans Forced into Mass Relocations: Human Rights Watch miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Chinese government says the relocation of Tibetan villages is voluntary, but official media reports contradict this claim, said HRW acting China director | World News
Chinese government officials are systematically using extreme forms of pressure to coerce rural Tibetans to relocate their long-established villages. Officials have relocated or are currently relocating 500 villages with over 140,000 residents to new locations, often hundreds of kilometers away.