CCP Arrests More Than 1,000 Tibetans After Protests Against Dam Construction Project

Published on February 26, 2024

The State Department is expressing concerns about recent mass arrests of Tibetans in China, after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched a sweeping crackdown against the ethnic group over their peaceful protests against the construction of a hydropower dam. More than 1,000 Tibetans, including monks, were arrested in China on Friday, according to rights group International Tibet Network. The crackdown took place at Derge, a town in Dege County in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province. According to the rights groups, the dam construction project will forcibly displace residents of two villages and submerge six monasteries. “The current status of those arrested is currently unknown,” it stated, before adding that those arrested were held at different locations throughout Dege County....

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