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Tibetan monk imprisoned for Dalai Lama pictures released after two years

A Tibetan monk was released from prison last month after serving two years sentence for storing pictures of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness...

News August 18, 2017

Demolition at Larung Gar: Tibetan nun’s protest suicide note denounces China’s policy of religious repression

A suicide note left by a Tibetan nun last year following the demolition of her shelter by Chinese authorities at Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist...

News August 14, 2017

Undercover in Larung Gar: A year after demolition, world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist institute sliced like a melon

Larung Gar, the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist institute, resembles a sliced melon, a year after Chinese authorities dismantled thousands of monastic residences and evicted...

News August 11, 2017

Famed Tibetan dunglen artist Kelsang Yarphel released from prison after four years

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) welcomes the release of popular Tibetan singer and composer Mr Kelsang Yarphel from prison after...

News July 11, 2017

Release Tibetan monks from arbitrary detention: Sentencing is politically motivated

Earlier this month, Chinese authorities sent two monks, Gendun Dakpa and Lobsang Sherab, to prison for allegedly ‘sharing information with outsiders’ and ‘inciting separatism’...

News June 26, 2017

China suspected of using torture on self-immolator’s sister as Tibetan monk dies of self-immolation

A Tibetan monk named Jamyang Losel died of self-immolation protest yesterday in Chentsa (Ch: Jianzha) County, Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province,...

News May 20, 2017

Inevitable Imprisonment: Arbitrary Detention and its Effects on the Exercise of Universal Rights in Tibet

Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the arbitrary detention of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima by the Chinese government. One of Tibet’s most...

News May 17, 2017

Senior Tibetan doctor accused of writing about human rights and the Dalai Lama detained for the second time

On 27 February, a senior Tibetan monk and head of the Mura Monastery hospital was detained for the second time by Chinese police in...

News May 5, 2017

Tibetan mother jailed for protecting body of self-immolator released after four years

A Tibetan woman named Tsedup Kyi was welcomed home by family members and 200 other local Tibetans after her release in Choejema Township in...

News May 1, 2017

Tibetan monk arrested for spearheading protest during 2008 uprising released after 10 years

A Tibetan monk jailed for spearheading a mass protest against Chinese rule during the 2008 uprising in Tibet was released after 10 years. Choktrin Gyatso,...

News April 29, 2017

Tibetan monk jailed for peaceful protest released after three years

A Tibetan monk was released last Wednesday after the completion of his three years prison term. Lobsang Gyatso, 23, a monk at Kirti Monastery in...

News April 28, 2017

China silent on enforced disappearance of Tibet’s Panchen Lama as TCHRD observes 22 years of Panchen Lama’s captivity with a new report on Tibet’s...

Today is the 28th birthday of Tibet's 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who went missing 22 years ago along with his parents after...

News April 25, 2017

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