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Campaign to Advance LGBTQIA+ Awareness in the Tibetan Community

June is globally celebrated as Pride Month globally, honoring the LGBTQIA+ community, promoting equal rights, and celebrating sexual and gender diversity. In observance of...

2025 Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in Tibet

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) launched its 2025 Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in Tibet in Tibetan, English,...

China: Ensure Immediate Medical Care for Imprisoned Tibetan Political Prisoners

The Chinese government should urgently ensure that imprisoned Tibetan political prisoners Gangkye Drupa Kyab and Tsering Dolma are provided  with timely, adequate and appropriate...

Tibetan monk secretly sentenced to seven years in prison following years of enforced disappearance

According to the latest information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), Dhargye, a 64-year-old Tibetan monk, has been secretly...

A Year On, Vietnam and China Must Account for Tulku Hungkar Dorje’s Death 

A year after the death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje in Ho Chi Minh City, the circumstances surrounding his disappearance, detention, and death remain shrouded in secrecy....

China’s New Ethnic Unity Law Deepens Concerns Over Tibetan Language and Cultural Rights

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) expresses deep concern over the adoption of the “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law” and its...

At 61st UNHRC Session, TCHRD Calls for Due Process Guarantees for Tibetan Detainees in Tibet

Ms. Phurbu Dolma, legal officer at TCHRD, delivering an oral statement at the 61st session of the UNHRC Oral statement to the 61st session of...

Popular Tibetan Anti-Corruption Activist Released in Deteriorating Health After More Than Seven Years in Prison

Before prison and after release picture of A-nya Sengdra The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy has learned about the release of popular...

Tibetan Singer Detained for Dalai Lama Song Released After Six Months in Detention 

Tibetan artist, Tsukte (popularly known as Asang), was released on 25 January 2026 after spending nearly 6 months in detention in Ngaba (Ch: Aba)...

Tibetan Monastic Leader Missing Following Arbitrary Detention in Chumarleb, Yushu

Chinese authorities have reportedly detained Lobsang Lungrik, a Tibetan Buddhist lama and senior religious official in Qinghai province, with his whereabouts remaining unknown since...

Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Collective Punishment of Tibetans Opposing Illegal Mining in Kardze

An aerial view of Sekhok ("Gold Valley") Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained more than 80 Tibetans from Kashi township, Sershul (Ch: Shiqu) County, Kardze...

China shuts one of the few remaining Tibetan private schools in Golok, Detains principal

On 4 December, Chinese authorities arbitrarily detained Choktrul Dorje Ten, founder and principal of Dorje Ten National Vocational and Technical School in Chikdril (Ch:...