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Disappeared monk and thangka artist found secretly detained

Ngawang Gyaltsen, 41, a monk and accomplished thangka artist has been found secretly detained at a detention centre in Nagchu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region...

Monk released from prison after 15 years as crackdown continues on his monastery

As Tsenden Monastery reels under a severe crackdown with the number of cases of arbitrary detention peaking since 2013, a former monk of the...

China detains seven Tibetan monks on uprising anniversary

Chinese police detained seven Tibetan monks from Tsenden Monastery in Sog (Ch: Suo) County in Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). The...

China detains Tibetan monk for staging peaceful protest

A young Tibetan monk named Lobsang Kelsang was detained after staging a peaceful solo protest on the main road of Ngaba county town on...

TCHRD puts the spotlight on Tibet at ongoing UNHRC session in Geneva

From 9-13 March, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) had a team of two researchers at regular session of the United...

TCHRD highlights human rights violations in Tibet at ongoing UNHRC session

Every year the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has three regular sessions. The session in March is usually the most important. The March...

Freedom of peaceful assembly under attack: Tibetan monk detained for non-violent protest

A teenage Tibetan monk has become the latest target of China’s consistent and systematic attacks on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in...

Tibetan mother dies in self-immolation protest: Body quickly cremated for fear of seizure by police

A mother of three died of self-immolation protest and was cremated in rush for fear of the body’s seizure by local Chinese police in...

TCHRD report documents crisis of maternal and child health in Tibet

On 4 March 2015 the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released a special report on the right to health, entitled In the Shadow...

South Africa should stand with Dalai Lama and Tibetan political prisoners

On 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Vester Prison. He spent 27 years in prison. Initially, Mandela was sentenced to five years...

Annual Report 2014: Human Rights Situation in Tibet

On 7 February 2015 the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released its 2014 Annual Report on human rights situation in Tibet....

TCHRD welcomes introduction of targeted sanctions bill for violators of human rights

At the end of January the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act was introduced in the United States’ Senate (S.284) and House of Representatives...