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…
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) conducted series of workshops on “Understanding Gender and Gender-Based Violence” for Tibetan youth studying in Schools, Colleges and Institutions around Dharamshala including Tibetan Career Centre, Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, Norbulingka Creche, College for higher Tibetan Studies – Sarah and Tibetan Day School from February to April 2021. The training series…
The 2020 Annual Report on the human rights situation in Tibet, released online today in three languages: Tibetan, Chinese and English, presents a disturbing picture of deprivation and abuses, marked by persistent and grave human rights violations, including the absence of independent space for free speech owing to the widespread and systematic crackdown on any sign of peaceful dissent.Events documented…
A group of 23 Tibetan college students studying law, politics, journalism and sociology at different universities in India took part in a three-day online workshop on ‘International Human Rights Principles and Enforcement Mechanisms’ from 8 to 10 April. Eighty percent of the workshop participants were female. Participants learned about the UN human rights system and its protection mechanisms and ways…
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) strongly protests the arbitrary detention of Gō Sherab Gyatso, an outstanding Tibetan scholar known for his formidable activism and outspoken views. Chinese authorities must provide credible evidence of crimes or release Gyatso immediately from arbitrary detention. Gyatso, a resident of Ngaba (Ch: Aba) County in Nagba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture had been…
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The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is deeply distressed to learn about the sentencing of a 50 yr-old Tibetan man to one-year prison term for posting on his personal WeChat account contents deemed illegal by Chinese authorities in Machen (Ch: Maqin) County, Golok (Ch: Guoluo) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, in the Tibetan province of Amdo. Mr…
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) strongly condemns the arbitrary detention of two Tibetan students for promoting a self-designed flag and emblem for a local football team in Tsolho (Ch: Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, in the Tibetan province of Amdo. Both had their mobile phones confiscated. An overseas Chinese NGO reported on 23 February that…
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released yesterday a major report, Distorted Development: Chinese Discourse on the Right to Development and its Implementation in Tibet, that highlights how Tibet offers important lessons on the limitations of the Chinese model of development. Over many decades, China has imposed on Tibet the model of development it now seeks to…
The well-known Tibetan language rights advocate Tashi Wangchuk, who was sentenced to five years in prison for “inciting separatism”, was released yesterday after completing his sentence. However, he remains inaccessible to his lawyers even as it is reported that he is staying at his sister’s home in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, in the Tibetan province of Kham. Mr…