Tibet Watch -- Promoting the human rights of the Tibetan people

Tibet Watch

Promoting the human rights of the Tibetan people

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About Tibet Watch

Tibet Watch, registered charity no 1114404, was established in 2006 to promote the human rights of the Tibetan people by providing accurate information about the situation in Tibet, for the purposes of educating people and engaging in international advocacy on behalf of the Tibetan people.

A research-based human rights monitoring organisation, Tibet Watch's researchers speak to a range of contacts, collating and corroborating accounts (testimonies and eye-witness accounts) of human rights abuses in Tibet, including torture and arbitrary detention. Tibet Watch staff also collate and corroborate information and, where applicable, testimonies from new Tibetan refugee arrivals in Dharamsala, India. Other information is sourced from official Chinese Government websites, which Tibet Watch staff monitor.

Tibet Watch Definition of Tibet

Before the Chinese occupation in 1949, Tibet comprised of three provinces known as U-Tsang, Amdo and Kham. Tibet Watch uses the term Tibet to refer to these three areas. Nowadays, when the Chinese refer to 'Tibet', they mean the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) which was established in 1965. This comprises all of what Tibetans call U-Tsang and parts of Kham. The traditional Tibetan areas of Amdo and the rest of Kham were incorporated into the Chinese Provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai and Yunnan. Within these Chinese Provinces there are Tibetan areas divided into various Prefectures subdivided into Counties or district level administrative areas.