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Lobsang Sangay, the current president of Tibet's government-in-exile, will relinquish his post when his term in office ends in May 2021.

Tibetans who resist demolition are beaten and their mobile phones taken away.

Resident monks and nuns make no move to resist as work crews move in to tear down dwellings.

The destruction follows the forced removal of over 7,000 monks and nuns who had gone to the remote center from other areas of Tibet.

Security forces are deployed at the work site and in neighboring counties to suppress potential protests.

Around 2,000 monks and nuns are to be expelled from the complex by year’s end.

Defendants are often tried in secret, and confessions obtained under torture are used against them in court.

Many jobs remain out of reach, however, with competition from Chinese applicants and required proficiency in Mandarin.

Monks and nuns coming from Larung Gar's Serthar county may now also be forced to leave, sources say.

An official report gives an account of the security buildup following the first self-immolation protest in Tibet's capital.

Armed police monitor crowds of worshippers at an annual event.

Penpa Tsering, who shares a name with a former speaker of Tibet's exile parliament, is detained for six hours and then sent home.

Tibetans claim that slaughterhouse waste is polluting local water sources.

The animals, including poultry and rabbits, were believed by authorities to be infected with bird flu.

Authorities say the dwellings and shops are illegal and cause environmental damage.

Many had previously been authorized by China to travel, but may now not leave the country.

A senior abbot at the Buddhist study center says that 4,725 monastic dwellings were destroyed during the last year.

Two brothers and three monks are reported held in the Chamdo region.

Protesters had refused to fly the Chinese national flag from the roofs of their homes.

Authorities are hunting down 21 other Tibetans who have been in the forefront of protests challenging rule by China.

One monk is linked to Tibet independence related writings on an iron bridge in a restive county.

Their families have not yet been told what charges they face or where they are being held.

A rare large gathering of Tibetan Buddhists ends with six people in custody.

Chinese authorities refuse to say why he has been locked up.

Chinese authorities hold two Tibetans in connection with a self-immolation, later releasing one.

Wanted in connection with a protest, he had evaded capture for more than a year.

They are seized by police for raising cries in support of a protest calling for Tibetan freedom.

Chinese authorities move against Tibetans celebrating elections for an exile government.

Police hold two, including a former official and a police officer.

Three are held for recovering Wangchuk Tseten's mobile phone, while two others are detained for filming the protest.