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TCHRD Statement on Human Rights Day 

Human rights empower people to overcome subjugation and oppression. Regardless of who we are, where we live or what we do, we all want...

China Must Probe Mistreatment of Imprisoned Tibetan Entrepreneur Dorje Tashi

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is gravely concerned for imprisoned Tibetan entrepreneur Dorje Tashi, who is serving a life sentence at...

Tibetan Democracy-in-Exile Highlighted as a Model of Resilience at Asia Democracy Assembly 2025

Ms Phurbu Dolma, legal officer of the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, participated in the Asia Democracy Assembly 2025, held in Bangkok...

UN Experts Demand Answers from China on Tulku Hungkar Dorje’s Death

The United Nations human rights experts have sent a joint communication (AL CHN 15/2025) to the Chinese government, demanding accountability over the death of...

UN Experts Urge Vietnam to Release Information on Death in Custody of Tulku Hungkar Dorje

A group of UN human rights experts issued a joint communication (AL VNM 4/2025) to the Vietnamese government demanding clarity and accountability over the...

Senior Tibetan Monk Arbitrarily Detained and Missing Since 2021 in Lhasa

Chinese authorities have subjected senior Tibetan monk Dhargye, 63, to enforced disappearance following his arbitrary arrest in Lhasa in August 2021. For more than...

Xi Jinping in Lhasa and the CCP’s Vision of Unity Without Autonomy

Chinese officials and delegates at the 60th anniversary of the Tibet Autonomous Region in Lhasa, 20 August 2025 On 20 August, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of...

Senior Kirti Monk Detained Amid Crackdown on Tibetan Monasteries

Geshe Lharampa Kunchok Chodrak in an undated photo. In December 2024, local police in Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) County, Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu...

China: End Incommunicado Detention of Tibetans in Ngaba County 

Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained two young Tibetans, Tsukte (popularly known as Asang) and Pelkyong, after they performed a cover of a song honoring the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday earlier this month. Their whereabouts remain unknown weeks after their detention.

Tibetan Environmental Defender Tsongon Tsering Released Early Amid Heavy Restrictions 

Tibetan environmental rights activist Tsongon Tsering was released from prison on 8 July 2025, after spending more than eight months in detention in Ngaba...

Renewed Calls on China to Allow Independent Probe into Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s Death

A decade has passed since the death in custody of Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a highly respected Tibetan Buddhist lama and community leader. Yet,...

TCHRD Statement on the Systematic Torture and Abuse of Tibetans in Tibet

On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) honours the...