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Two months’ ultimatum issued to Tibetan Communist Party members and government employees to recall their children studying in exile schools

Following a series of protests by Tibetans across Tibet since 10 March 2008, the Chinese authorities have embarked on numerous premeditated measures and steps...

Tibetan demonstrators beaten and detained in Kardze

A group of local Tibetans were severely beaten and then detained by the Chinese security forces for staging peaceful demonstrations in Kardze County, Kardze...

TCHRD commemorates 11th UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Today, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) commemorates the eleventh anniversary of the UN International Day in Support of Victims of...

Tensions are High as the Olympic Torch Arrives in Lhasa

The Olympic torch relay will travel to the heavily guarded Tibetan capital, Lhasa, on 21 June after the three-day tour that was initially planned...

China detains at least three Tibetans for peaceful protest in Kardze, Tibet

This morning at around 11:00 AM (Beijing Standard Time), at least three Tibetans were severely beaten and detained by the Chinese security forces for...

China detains scores of nuns calling for the release of solo protester and critically injures three monks in Kardze Protests

The Chinese security forces severely beat and then arrested a nun of SamtenLing Nunnery in Drango County, Kardze "Tibet Autonomous Prefecture" ('TAP') Sichuan Province,...

12 monks arrested for opposing “patriotic education” campaign

Chinese security forces arrested twelve monks of Dingri Shelkar Choedhe Monastery during a night raid for opposing the "patriotic re-education" campaign on 19 May...

China fires gunshot on peaceful protester in Kardze

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has documented numerous cases of protests particularly led by the nuns of various nunneries in...

China arrests four nuns in Kardze protest

The Chinese authorities had arrested four Tibetan nuns for staging a protest in Kardze County Kardze "TAP", Sichuan Province, according to reliable information received...

China arrests two young monks of Tehor Tsitsang Monastery in Kardze

In the recent spates of sporadic protests reported from Kardze County, more reports of protest led by group of two or four persons continue...

China arrests three nuns of Tehor Nyagay Nunnery in Kardze

Three Tibetan nuns from Tehor Nyagay Nunnery, in Kardze County were arrested by the County Chinese security forces for staging a peaceful protest, according...

China arrests a popular religious figure in Kardze County

The Chinese authorities had arrested a revered religious figure in Kardze, Tibet according to reliable information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights...