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China heightens restrictions after demolishing giant Buddha statue and Buddhist school

TCHRD has been informed by a reliable source that Chinese authorities in Drango (Ch: Luhuo) County in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in...

​China must end cultural assimilation campaign and crackdown on Tibetan intellectuals and cultural leaders

The Chinese Party-state is targeting and silencing influential Tibetan writers, intellectuals and cultural leaders that it views as hindrance to its cultural assimilation campaign. New information obtained by TCHRD revealed the ongoing detention of four other writers on top of the four recently sentenced to four to ten years in prison.

Eminent Tibetan scholar Gō Sherab Gyatso sentenced to ten years in prison

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) confirmed that Gō Sherab Gyatso also known as Gosher was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Lhasa Intermediate People’s Court a month ago, following news of the sentencing that surfaced on social media on Human Rights Day last Friday.

Newly updated Tibetan political prisoners’ database released on Human Rights Day 2021

Dating back to 1990, the TPPD currently has ​information on 5500 political prisoners. The database was compiled after reviewing older documents in TCHRD’s archive and crosschecking with other similar databases. The database includes county-level GPS coordinates of each prisoner’s place of origin.

An online tool launched to decode Chinese Communist Party from Tibetan perspective

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) unveiled this morning the much-awaited website to decode Chinese Communist Party (CCP) slogans and jargon at a press conference held at the Press Club of India in New Delhi.

Exile Tibetan journalists attend 3-day workshop on journalism

Intern, reporters, photojournalists, and editors from tibet.net, Phayul, Tibet Times, Tibet Express, Bangchen, Voice of Tibet (VoT), Radio Free Asia (RFA), Voice of America (VOA), Tibet Post International (TPI), took turns discussing their role, the media organization they represent, their digital presence, coverage topics, and medium.

China tightens noose around former Tibetan political prisoners deemed disruptive to social stability

released since 2014 in Qinghai Province, which includes Tibetan provinces of Kham and Amdo, have been made to wear 24-hour GPS monitoring ankle bracelets that can monitor movements and record conversations.

​China: Reinstate Human Rights Lawyer Lin Qilei’s license

as it is individuals like him who shoulders China's rights-defence system necessary for the rule of law to prevail in China.

Tibetans subjected to extrajudicial detention, random home inspections and seizure of cell phones under China’s social media purge in Dzachuka

Thousands of Tibetans are being subjected to China’s social media purge to remove so-called illegal contents from their homes and cell phones in Wonpo (Ch: Wenbo) and Sershul (Ch: Shiqu) counties in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, in the Tibetan province of Kham.

Tibetan Advocacy at #COP26: A just and sustainable climate action backed by a human rights-based approach

As a new report shows, Tibet is immediately upriver, upwind and upland of China, a provider of ecosystem services on a huge scale, yet Tibetans are not compensated for the opportunity cost incurred for foregoing development, in order to continue provisioning of ecosystem services beneficial to China.

Award-winning photographer among other Tibetan monks detained from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba

Lobsang Choephel, 34, was detained earlier this month along with other unidentified monks. The reason behind their sudden detention and their whereabouts remain unknown.

Tibetan writer Dhi Lhaden sentenced to four years in prison

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) condemns the unjust sentencing of Tibetan writer Lhaden (Pen-name: Dhi Lhaden) to four years in prison and calls on the Chinese authorities to end all restrictions on free speech and dissent in Tibet.