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“No One Has the Liberty to Refuse”: Tibetan Herders Forcibly Relocated in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region

“No One Has the Liberty to Refuse”

Tibetan Herders Forcibly Relocated in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and the Tibet Autonomous Region

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Glossary

I. Summary

Methodology

II. Key Recommendations

To the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)

To international donors

To the United Nations

To Chinese and international infrastructure companies investing in Tibetan areas

III. Background

Human Rights in Tibet

Nationwide Land and Eviction Problems

Communities Described in this Report

Policies Affecting Tibetan Herders

A half century of policies undermining Tibetan herders’ livelihoods

Recent policies with declared environmental and “scientific” objectives

IV. International Standards

V. Experiences of Compulsory or Forced Resettlement

Grassland Division, Compulsory Livestock Reduction, Bans on Herding

Compulsory Change of Land Use

Evictions for Public Works Schemes

Consequences for Livelihood, and Common Concerns for the Future

Numbers

VI. Flaws in the Environmental Policy Arguments

VII. Lack of Consultation and Compensation, and Limited Options for Complaint

Lack of Consultation

Lack of Compensation

Complaints and Protests

VIII. Detailed Recommendations

To the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)

To international donors

To the United Nations

To Chinese and international infrastructure companies investing in Tibetan areas

Appendix I: Glossary of Geographic Names in Chinese

Acknowledgements

June 2007 Volume 19, No. 8 (C)