The United States should give a higher priority to advancing global religious freedom as a matter of national security, says a major new survey. The persecution of people of faith is inherently dangerous because it has the effect of …

Chinese authorities today detained 70 Tibetans in a crackdown on self-immolations in the largest single reported sweep of suspects to date, Reuters reports:

Nearly 100 Tibetans have set themselves on fire to protest against Chinese rule since 2009 across a …

For a fleeting moment this month, the separate human rights movements of the Han Chinese and Tibetans met at a point of solidarity, say Tenzin Palkyi and Louisa Greve. But such significant instances which build mutual trust are still …

“As China’s Communist Party prepares for its leadership transition, a wave of self-immolations has spread and accelerated across Tibet, in the most sustained protests against Beijing’s rule there in five decades,” Simon Denyer writes in the Washington Post:

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U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday delivered a forceful defense of democracy against extremism – highlighting freedom of expression in particular – before the UN General Assembly.

His commitment that the U.S. would continue to promote democracy and his reminder that …

China’s Communist authorities have launched “a massive security clampdown in Lhasa, pouring police into the Tibetan capital and setting up checkpoints with airport-style body scanners in busy downtown areas,” Radio Free Asia reports.

“Lhasa city has been turned into …

Police in western China have beaten a Tibetan man to death during clashes prompted by the self-immolation of a monk and former monk, according to Radio Free Asia.

“Nearly 500 Tibetans in China’s Qinghai province took to the streets Tuesday …

Two Tibetan Monks Self-Immolate at Jokhang Temple by NTDTV

Chinese security forces in Lhasa have rounded up hundreds of residents and pilgrims in the wake of a fiery weekend self-immolation protest in Tibet’s capital, Radio Free Asia reports, as …

“Another Tibetan protester set himself ablaze” today, Radio Free Asia reports, “to protest Chinese rule in a Tibetan-populated area of China’s western Sichuan province.”

The man set himself on fire in Sichuan province’s Aba County, called Ngaba County by …

China’s vice president Xi Jinping will visit the White House on February 14, providing a glimpse of the country’s presumptive next leader. US officials are likely to come under pressure to raise the regime’s deteriorating human rights record.

At least …