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China: Tibetan anti-graft campaigners sentenced on bogus charges in a show trial

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) strongly condemns the illegal sentencing of Mr A-nya Sengdra, a Tibetan nomad and anti-graft campaigner,...

November Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest

The November 2019 publication of Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest monitoring Chinese government media on Tibet includes the following articles: Tibetan environmentalist identifies decades...

China: Stop land seizures and bride trafficking in Tibetan township in Nyalam County

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has been informed by a reliable source about human rights violations pertaining to land, livelihood...

Fears for the life of a Tibetan man detained for sharing photos ahead of sensitive political anniversary

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has been informed by reliable sources about the arbitrary detention of a Tibetan man on...

Monk detained for criticising China’s policy on Tibetan language at high risk of torture

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has utmost concern for the physical and psychological health and wellbeing of a Tibetan monk...

Tibetan man sentenced to prison for sharing books on WeChat

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has been informed by reliable sources about the arbitrary detention of Mr Wangchuk in Shigatse...

October Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest

The October 2019 publication of Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest monitoring Chinese government media on Tibet includes the following articles: Disguised as ‘legal education’,...

200,000 nomads and farmers relocated in less than four years in Qinghai

More than a year before the expiration of the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), Chinese authorities have completed its target of relocating 52,000 nomadic...

400 Chinese cadres take posts in 21 Tibetan schools under controversial educational aid program

Four hundred teachers from 17 Chinese provinces and municipalities have begun their stints as teachers and administrators in 21 schools located in Tibet Autonomous...

More than 70 big and medium-sized hydropower plants displacing Tibetans in Kardze Prefecture

More than 70 large and medium-sized hydropower plants have been built and are under construction in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, reported the...

September Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest

The September 2019 publication of Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest monitoring Chinese government media on Tibet includes the following articles: More than 70 big and...

Chinese government inspection reveals no improvement in stopping poisonous gold mining in Tibetan areas despite Xi Jinping’s ‘ecological civilisation’ rhetoric

Gold mining activities with little to no regulatory oversight for decades have caused irreversible environmental damage and poisoning of drinking water sources with cyanide,...