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Driru County, located in Nagchu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), remains one of the most tightly controlled areas in Tibet, with reports of widespread restrictions on religious practice, movement, and communication. Human rights groups and Tibetan exile sources say the county has become a testing ground for Beijing’s hardline policies aimed at erasing Tibetan identity and enforcing absolute loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

China is implementing a system in which army veterans serve as "on-campus instructors" in Tibetan schools, aiming to instill patriotism and loyalty to the Chinese government in children as young as six. State-run media and sources within Tibet report that these instructors provide military-style training, including marching in fatigues, participating in air raid drills, and undergoing strict bed inspections. The initiative appears to be part of a broader strategy to assimilate Tibetan children into a Chinese identity by reshaping their cultural and political values.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new visa restrictions on Chinese officials Monday, citing China’s continued obstruction of foreign access to the Tibet Autonomous Region. The move is in line with the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018, which mandates consequences for Chinese officials involved in blocking entry to Tibet for American diplomats, journalists, and tourists.

China's recent release of a white paper titled “Human Rights in Xizang in the New Era” on March 28 has sparked renewed international criticism over its policies toward Tibet, particularly in cultural, educational, and religious affairs. Presented by the State Council Information Office in Lhasa, the document seeks to highlight China's development efforts in Tibet, yet has been accused of masking ongoing human rights abuses.

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has once again designated China as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) in its newly released 2025 Annual Report, citing extensive and ongoing violations of religious freedom. The report highlights a wide range of abuses, including Beijing’s attempts to control the succession of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the broader repression of Tibetan Buddhists and other religious communities.

Since August 7, 2020, aggressive mining in Tsonga Township's mountainous regions has led to severe ecological deterioration, triggering floods, landslides, rampant deforestation, and soil degradation. Livestock displacement and agricultural barrenness have further jeopardized local livelihoods, threatening the very survival of approximately 1,730 residents who depend on farming and herding.

Geneva, March 21, 2025 – In a powerful display of international solidarity, 28 European nations have issued a scathing rebuke of China’s relentless human rights abuses in Tibet. During the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Miroslaw Broilo, Poland’s Permanent Representative to the UN, delivered a joint statement demanding accountability from Beijing. “We are deeply concerned about the situation in China, particularly in Tibet and Xinjiang (East Turkistan),” Broilo declared. “The treatment of human rights defenders, lawyers, and journalists is alarming. China must refrain from transnational repression.”

In the shadowed corridors of China's detention centers, a grim symphony unfolds—a macabre dance where life is bartered for profit. Reports and testimonies suggest that the Chinese government has been implicated in the forcible extraction of organs from prisoners of conscience, notably targeting ethnic and religious minorities such as Uyghurs, Tibetans, and practitioners of Falun Gong. The scope of this atrocity is staggering, with estimates suggesting that at least 1.5 million detainees have fallen victim to this clandestine industry, generating over $1 billion annually.

In the remote, pristine highlands of Tibet, China is pushing forward with the construction of the Metok Dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River, a project set to be the world’s largest hydroelectric facility. While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) dresses the initiative in the language of green energy and economic progress, the reality is far more insidious. The Metok Dam is an ecological catastrophe waiting to happen, a geopolitical time bomb, and yet another attempt by Beijing to tighten its grip over Tibet and its downstream neighbors, India and Bangladesh.

A Tibetan source from inside Tibet revealed that following the dismantling of the school at Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery last year, the government appointed surveillance personnel to monitor monastic activities closely. Even the presence of small children within the monastery premises triggers immediate questioning and follow-ups to identify the #monks sheltering them. Individuals found harboring children face interrogation and detainment. Moreover, new #monk enrollments at Ngaba Kirti Monastery now require stringent approvals from both prefecture and county-level authorities, reflecting the intensifying suppression of Tibetan monastic education.