Today, the religion, culture, language and identity, which successive generations of Tibetans have considered more precious than their lives, are nearing extinction - in short, the Tibetan people are regarded like criminals deserving to be put to death.

Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama says in a recent speech that Tibetan’s lives under china are “Hell on earth”.  That’s some pretty strong language for such a peaceful guy, so I imagine that it’s something pretty seriously bad going on there.

Tibetans’ lives ‘hell on Earth’