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China must provide evidence of Tibetan philanthropist Bangri Rinpoche’s release from life imprisonment

Bangri Tsamtrul Rinpoche, a reincarnated lama and founder of the Gyatso orphanage home, was due for release on 31 July this year after serving 18 years of life imprisonment in Chushur (Ch: Qushui) County Prison near Lhasa.

Labrang monk Tsultrim Gyatso eligible for release in 2026 after life sentence commuted to 18.5 years

Tibetan political prisoner Tsultrim Gyatso has become eligible for release in November 2026 after his life sentence was commuted for the second time by...

CHINA CANNOT REDEFINE TORTURE #TortureVictimsDay2021

The use of torture to extract confessions from political detainees was rampant despite prohibitions against it in Chinese Criminal Procedure Law. Since Tibetan detainees are mostly charged with national security crimes, they are held incommunicado for months and sometimes never again found alive.

China must release Tibetan writer and intellectual Lhaden from prolonged incommunicado detention

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) demands the immediate and unconditional release of the noted Tibetan writer and intellectual Mr Lhaden (pseudonym: Dhi Lhaden) who has been in arbitrary detention for two years at an undisclosed location in Chengdu city, Sichuan Province.

TCHRD supports calls for ‘diplomatic boycott’ and relocation of Beijing 2022 Olympics

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) welcomes the remarks of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a steadfast human rights champion, urging the head...

Video campaign calls on China to end enforced disappearance of Tibet’s spiritual leader Panchen Lama

https://youtu.be/rDuUFcEyUbA The 17 May 2021 marks the 26th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the XIth Panchen Lama of Tibet, by the...

Investigate death of Tibetan man detained for opposing China’s forced political education

Chinese authorities must immediately conduct independent and impartial investigation into the death of Mr Norsang, a father of six, who died under mysterious circumstances...

TCHRD Conducts Series of Trainings on Gender-Based Violence among Tibetan Youth

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...

2020 Annual Report: Human Rights Situation in Tibet

The 2020 Annual Report on the human rights situation in Tibet, released online today in three languages: Tibetan, Chinese and English, presents a disturbing...

Tibetan college students participate in TCHRD’s online workshop on human rights

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...

China: Release Tibetan scholar Gō Sherab Gyatso from arbitrary detention

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) strongly protests the arbitrary detention of Gō Sherab Gyatso, an outstanding Tibetan scholar known for...

China imprisons Tibetan nomad for “illegal contents” he had shared online five years ago

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...