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Yushu mine protest crackdown exposes China’s ‘nature reserve’ sham

Last week, Chinese armed police beat and teargassed hundreds of Tibetans protesting illegal mining activities in Gedrong area in Dzatoe (Ch: Zaduo) County in...

‘Tears of the Past’: Imprisoned Tibetan writer Gangkye Drupa Kyab in translation

Gangkye Drupa Kyab is a writer, poet, teacher and a father of two who was sentenced early this month to five years and six...

Tibetan man sentenced to death over wife’s self-immolation

In a deepening crackdown on self-immolation protests, Chinese authorities in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, have given death sentence...

Dissenting Voices: TCHRD releases English translation of Ancestors’ Tomb

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is pleased to announce the release of Ancestors’ Tomb, a book written by a Tibetan...

Four Tibetan monks released from Chinese labour camp

Four Tibetan monks have been released following their incarceration in a Re-education Through Labour (Ch: Laojiao) camp in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai...

China detains Tibetan singer for ‘politically subversive’ song

A well-known Tibetan singer was detained last month in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, on suspected charges of singing a "politically-subversive" song at a music...

Tibetan writer and four others sentenced to more than 5 years in prison

A popular Tibetan writer and four others have been sentenced to prison early this month by Chinese authorities in Nyagchu (Ch: Yajiang) County in...

China releases four Tibetans detained for petitioning in Beijing

Four Tibetan laymen who were detained two weeks ago for petitioning the Chinese central authorities have been released. The petitioners were calling for the...

Ancestors’ Tomb: ‘My Mother was a maidservant of the Communist Party’

Mar Jang-nyug (pseudonym) is a Tibetan writer born and brought up in Marong village of Ngaba in the Tibetan province of Amdo. TCHRD presents another...

Apple: Respect human rights or withdraw from China

Recent reports that Apple's suppliers have discriminated against Tibetans and other ethnic minorities in the People’s Republic of China demonstrate that the systematic and...

Preview of Ancestors’ Tomb: ‘Kirti Monastery has become like a Leprosy Patient’

Mar Jang-nyug (pseudonym) is a Tibetan writer born and brought up in Marong village of Ngaba in the Tibetan province of Amdo. He represents...

Teenage monk dies of burning protest; fate of body unknown

A Tibetan monk, Kunchok Sonam, 18, died after setting himself on fire to protest China's repressive policy in Dzoege (Ch: Ru'ergai) County in Ngaba...