China's Forced Relocation of Rural Tibetans Intensifies, Reports Reveal

Human Rights Watch details coercive measures and cultural impacts of mass relocations under the guise of poverty alleviation.

Over 930,000 rural Tibetans have been relocated since 2000, with 76% of these moves occurring after 2016.
Human Rights Watch claims relocations are effectively compulsory despite official assertions of voluntariness.
The relocations disrupt traditional livelihoods and require Tibetans to adapt to urban life and learn Mandarin.
Chinese authorities defend the program as poverty alleviation, but critics argue it undermines Tibetan culture and identity.
International law experts and activists consider the relocations a violation of human rights and forced eviction.