Chinese internet police in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have yet again announced criminal prosecutions against individuals who use online communication tools to “split the country” and “undermine national unity”, in a notice dated 24 November 2020, which was publicly made available on 24 December this year. Listing a range of illegal online activities such as using virtual private network…
December 17, 2020 The Honorable Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Mr. Secretary: We would like to thank the government of the United States of America for enforcing the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act (2018) and announcing targeted sanctions on some of the Chinese officials responsible for denying…
On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) calls on the international community to take affirmative actions to protect, promote and fulfill human rights for all. As we observe the anniversary of the adoption of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the UN, thousands of Tibetan political prisoners are languishing…
The Tibetan translation of a major report, ‘The United Nations Continuing ‘Search’ for Tibet’s Panchen Lama’, on the enforced disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama was released on the eve of the Human Rights Day at a press conference organised at Norbu House, Dharamsala, India. Authored by Ngawang Choephel Drakmargyapon and first published in English, the report contains the author’s…
Tibetan woman Tsering Tso detained and intimidated for ‘illegal’ WeChat posts The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) strongly condemns the detention and ill-treatment of Tsering Tso, a Tibetan woman known for her courage and conviction in exercising human rights to call for “democracy and rule of law” in Tibet. Tsering…