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TCHRD welcomes release of political prisoner Ronggye A’drak, calls on China to stop criminalizing human rights

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is pleased to learn that Ronggye A'drak, a Tibetan nomad who was imprisoned for staging...

Tibetan monk disappeared, sister and nephew beaten up in detention

A Tibetan monk named Choekyi, 38, was detained and disappeared at around 5. 30 pm on 19 June 2015 in Wal-shul, Serthar (Ch: Seda)...

China must investigate death of Tibetan lama in prison; release his relatives from detention

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) condemns the illegal and incommunicado detention of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s relatives and calls for immediate...

DEATH IN DETENTION: China refuses to release body of former village head turned political prisoner to family members

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is deeply saddened and appalled by the death in detention of yet another political prisoner...

Tibetan mother disappeared for peacefully protesting against government repression

Chinese police have arbitrarily detained a young Tibetan mother for protesting peacefully with a portrait of the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in her...

Senior Tibetan Buddhist scholar sentenced to 12 years in prison

A senior Tibetan monk has been sentenced to twelve years of rigorous imprisonment Diru (Ch: Biru) county, Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region...

Prominent Tibetan reincarnate lama Tenzin Delek Rinpoche dies in prison

A prominent Tibetan reincarnate lama and philanthropist Tenzin Delek Rinpoche died at the age of 65 while serving life imprisonment at a prison near...

Tibetan woman, 20, detained in connection with Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday

On 2 July 2015, a 20-year-old Tibetan woman was arbitrarily detained by local Chinese police in connection with the 80th birthday celebration of the...

Monk stages burning protest in remote Tibetan town as China imposes Internet blockade

A Tibetan monk self-immolated on 9 July 2015 in the eastern Tibetan province of Kham. Sonam Topgyal, the 26-year-old monk, staged his self-immolation protest at...

China’s new National Security Law a serious setback to human rights in Tibet

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is deeply concerned about the new National Security Law that was released in the People’s...

Tibetan language report on China’s ‘Mass Line’ campaign in Tibet released

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has published a report in Tibetan on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) so-called “Mass Line...

Harsh sentences meted out to three Tibetan businessmen and a poet

Three Tibetan businessmen and a young poet have been given harsh prison terms in Diru (Ch: Biru) County in Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Perfecture, Tibet...