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Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet: still disappeared

The year 2005 has been declared as the International Year of Gedhun Choekyi  Nyima the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet. He turns 16 on...

Families issued order to construct houses on their fields for “town development”

China’s Western Development Plan has brought numerous spins on the lives of Tibetans. On some occasions, old buildings are brought down, people are displaced...

Monks expelled upon passing of the monastery’s chief lama

Sonam Gyatso, 27, a monk at Thashar Monastery in Samdo Townshi, Tsolho “TAP”, Qinghai Province, described Chinese authorities' intervention in the affairs of the...

China releases Jampel Jangchub after 16 years in jail

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) received confirm information that Jampel Jangchub -member of the “Group of Ten”- has been freed...

Oral Statement made by TCHRD on behalf of International Fellowship of Reconciliation

Oral Statement made by Norzin Dolma on behalf of International Fellowship of Reconciliation. 61st Session of the UN Commission on Human rights 5 April 2005 Item 11e:...

Tibetan Culture website closed, editor-in-chief disappears

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) deplores the Chinese authorities closing down of Tibetan culture website-www.tibetcul.com According to China Information Center on...

No China Resolution at 61st Session of UNCHR

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) deplores that no country will sponsor a resolution on China’s human rights records at this...

Human Rights Situation in Tibet: Annual Report 2004

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released its Annual Report: Human Rights Situation in Tibet, 2004. The Annual report details the...

Tibetan Prisoner serving life sentence dies in Prison

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has received information from a reliable source that, Rinzin Wangyal a.k.a Rinwang, 59, died in...

Trulku’s death sentence commuted to life

The Chinese government has commuted the death sentence on Trulku Tenzin Delek to life imprisonment. “ The Higher People’s Court in Sichuan province, in...

State of Education in Tibet: A human rights perspective

This report looks at some of the Chinese government's educational policies in Tibet that fail to benefit the Tibetan people but rather help achieve...

Life sentence for Bangri Rinpoche commuted to 19 years prison term

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy received reliable information on Bangri Rinpoche’s arrest of 26 August 1999. (Ref: TCHRD Update January 2000...