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TCHRD fears torture and inhumane treatment on the arrestees from Barkhor protest on Tibetan Uprising Day

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) receives the names of four of the protesters who were arrested yesterday from the Barkhor...

Tibetans arrested in Tibet under fear of torture and inhuman treatment

Scores of Tibetans led by monks from Drepung and Sera Monastery were known to have been arrested for staging peaceful pro-Tibet protests in the...

Monk sentenced to three years term for “inciting masses”

Khenpo Jinpa, a monk from Chogtsang Talung Monastery in Serthar County, Kardze "Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture" ("TAP"), Sichuan, has been sentenced to three years prison...

Year 2007 sees repression worsening in Tibet: Report

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy’s 2007 annual report finds cases of arbitrary arrests and detentions inside Tibet increased almost threefold compared to...

Ronggye Adrak and three other Tibetans sentenced to lengthy imprisonment terms

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) expresses its deepest shock and condemnation over swift and extremely harsh sentence to Ronggye A'drak...

Chinese authorities closes down Pangsa Monastery in Tibet

The Chinese authorities in Meldrogungkar has temporarily closed down Pangsa Monastery in Meldrogungkar County, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (“TAR”) in Tibet according to...

Ronggye A’drak indicted by the Chinese court

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) today received reliable information that Kardze People's Intermediate Court indicted Ronggye A'drak with four accounts...

Chinese authorities closes down Pangsa Monastery in Tibet

30 October 2007 The Chinese authorities in Meldrogungkar has temporarily closed down Pangsa Monastery in Meldrogungkar County, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region ("TAR") in Tibet...

Freedom at last after 18 years- China releases Ngawang Phulchung

27 October 2007 One of the longest serving Tibetan political prisoners, Ngawang Phulchung, who was one of the key leaders of the famous peaceful pro-independence...

Nangpala Revisited- Shooting left nine Tibetans missing and three arrests

25 October 2007 According to a confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a group of 46 Tibetans while...

Forcing silence in Tibet as Dalai Lama receives US Congressional Gold Medal

There are credible reports on the arrest of a monk of Drepung Monastery, five people in Labrang Tashikyil Monastery and two other from Kardze...

China steps up vigilance and control in Tibet prior to Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony for the Dalai Lama

16 October 2007 Credible and confirmed information coming from Tibet indicates that the Chinese authorities in Tibet have heightened the security measures and intensified control prior...