Chinese authorities must release from detention a popular Tibetan singer unjustly sentenced for peacefully expressing dissent against Chinese rule, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said today. Lhundrub Drakpa, 36, was sentenced to six years in prison for performing a song that criticised repressive government policies in Driru (Ch: Biru) County, Nagchu City/Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), in the Tibetan province of Kham.
Chinese authorities have sentenced a popular Tibetan singer, Lhundrub Drakpa, to six years in prison for performing a song that criticised repressive government policies in Driru (Ch: Biru) County, Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) City, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), in the Tibetan province of Kham. Drakpa was detained in May 2019, less than two months after the song, ‘Black Hat’, was released…
Kunga Dorjee, a human rights activist, is our dissenting hero of the week. He was a former member of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress and the Tibetan local assembly in Dekyiling Tibetan settlement in Dehradun, India. As an activist, Dorjee has been at the forefront of numerous protests across India. Kunga Dorjee recalls moments when people asked him if protesting…
Today is the 75th anniversary of the United Nations when the UN charter went into effect in 1948. As we commemorate the UN Day to reaffirm and recognize our common challenges and belief in multilateralism, it is incumbent upon all stakeholders to devise sustainable solutions and take concrete actions to achieve justice, equality and dignity for all. The year 2020…
“The basis of the Chinese communist party or the Chinese government’s occupation of Tibet has been illegal and unlawful. Tibetans have since 1959 been peacefully protesting against the Chinese Communist Party for the illegal occupation and apart from that the kind of violent suppressions that we are seeing them conducting against peaceful protesters inside Tibet and because of the Chinese…
“I protest because it’s not only my right, it’s my duty to speak out in every way that I can when Tibetans inside Tibet do not enjoy even basic human rights.” Our dissenting hero of this week, Mrs Tashi Lhamo, is a veteran protester and is currently the vice president of National Tibetan Freedom Movement, Delhi. She is also working…
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is deeply concerned over the health condition of Tsegon Gyal, a prominent Tibetan political prisoner who was released last December after completing a three-year prison term at Dongchuan prison (西宁市东川监狱) in Xining, Qinghai Province, in the Tibetan province of Amdo.
Our dissenting hero of this week, Tenzin Migmar, believes it is his responsibility as a Tibetan being born in a free country to exercise his right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression because Tibetans inside Tibet do not enjoy these rights. As a long time member of the Dharamshala Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), Migmar has participated in numerous…