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TCHRD urges UN rights commissioner to defend imprisoned Tibetan activist

In his first speech as the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein declared “courage is the first human virtue…...

Torture, Tibet and the PLA Brawl

On 24 August, 40 Chinese paramilitary trainees were hospitalized in what is being described as a brawl between the drill instructors and their high...

TCHRD calls on new UN rights commissioner to make Tibet a priority

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) would like to welcome Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein to the position of the United Nations...

TCHRD calls for internalization of democratic culture on Tibetan Democracy Day

Today marks the 54th anniversary of the Tibetan Democracy Day. On this important occasion, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) would...

Prominent Tibetan religious figure found in emaciated condition in prison

Trulku Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche (also known as Pangri-na Rinpoche), a highly revered reincarnated lama from Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, has...

TCHRD hosts seminar on Nepal, China and Tibet at JNU

On 22 and 23 August, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), working with the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Tibetan Students Forum,...

Leaked internal document shows China used machine guns to kill Tibetans in March 2008 protest

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) presents an analysis of a secret Chinese document on Tibetans killed by Chinese security forces...

TCHRD condemns Chinese police shooting of unarmed Tibetans in Kardze

Despite strict restriction on communication, information is coming out of Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province that Chinese paramilitary forces opened...

Former political prisoner smuggles list of fellow prisoners on escape from Tibet

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has received a list of 45 Tibetans from Sichuan Province who were arrested between 2008...

TCHRD releases memoir of former Tibetan political prisoner

TCHRD is pleased to announce the launch of a memoir of a former Tibetan political prisoner in Tibetan titled “Raising the Tibetan National Flag...

Anti-corruption crackdown in Tibet must focus on human rights abuses

As part of Chinese president Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, investigators are being sent to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) for disciplinary purposes. They will...

China holds Tibetan livelihood to ransom to secure political stability

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) recently published an update on the escalating repression in Diru (Ch: Biru) County in Nagchu...