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Tibetans call for release of popular anti-corruption activist who remains in prolonged detention without trial

Hundreds of Tibetans have submitted three known petitions calling for the immediate release of a local anti-corruption activist who has been in Chinese police...

China detains Tibetan anti-corruption activist on politicised charge of ‘provoking trouble’

Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained a popular Tibetan activist known for his tireless campaign to promote good governance, anti-corruption and social accountability in his...

Teen monk disappears into Chinese police custody after staging a solo protest calling for freedom in Tibet

On Monday this week, a 17-year old monk named Sangay Gyatso was arbitrarily detained by local Public Security Bureau officers for staging a solo...

Tibetan Literature: In the Web of Censorship and Discrimination

This report reveals the general situation of Tibetan literature under Chinese occupation and the censorship and discriminatory policies and practices imposed on wide ranging...

TCHRD Statement on International Human Rights Day 2018

"We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human...

New Tibetan language website on Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) today unveiled a new Tibetan language website on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)...

‘Day of the Imprisoned Writers’ observed with release of special report on censorship and discrimination faced by Tibetan writers in Tibet

  “In the decree declared in hell, every one of those people is considered a criminal and imprisoned with both hands and legs shackled, the...

Another Tibetan dead after staging self-immolation protest against Chinese government repression

  The expanding tentacles of the security state accompanied by increased government repression  in Tibet has claimed the life of yet another Tibetan in a...

Joint Press Statement – China UPR: Civil Society Deeply Concerned by Removal of Key Stakeholder Information by the UN Office of the High Commissioner...

We, the undersigned, express deep concern over the removal of valuable stakeholder information by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

Civil Society Submission on Tibet for China’s UN Universal Periodic Review

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) submitted a UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) submission on People’s Republic of China (PRC) to...

China: Investigate torture-related death of former political prisoner Shonu Palden

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is deeply saddened by the news of the untimely demise of former Tibetan political prisoner...

Teenage monk and blogger detained at undisclosed location after staging solo protest

Chinese authorities continue to hold the 18 yr-old monk at an undisclosed location weeks after his arbitrary arrest from Ngaba county town in Ngaba...