The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) welcomes the remarks of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a steadfast human rights champion, urging the head of states for a “diplomatic boycott” of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on human rights grounds at a virtual bipartisan congressional hearing on ‘China, Genocide and the Olympics’. We commend this timely hearing jointly hosted by the…
The 17 May 2021 marks the 26th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the XIth Panchen Lama of Tibet, by the Chinese security forces. China’s abduction of the then 6-year-old Panchen Lama in 1995, three years after it ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, is a blatant violation of its obligations as a signatory…
Chinese authorities must immediately conduct independent and impartial investigation into the death of Mr Norsang, a father of six, who died under mysterious circumstances more than a week after his detention in Tachen Township in Shak Rongpo area, Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) City, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), in the Tibetan province of Kham. A credible investigation is imperative to determine the…