TCHRD Statements

Undercover in Larung Gar: A year after demolition, world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist institute sliced like a melon

Larung Gar, the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist institute, resembles a sliced melon, a year after Chinese authorities dismantled thousands of monastic residences and evicted...

News August 11, 2017

China silent on enforced disappearance of Tibet’s Panchen Lama as TCHRD observes 22 years of Panchen Lama’s captivity with a new report on Tibet’s...

Today is the 28th birthday of Tibet's 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who went missing 22 years ago along with his parents after...

News April 25, 2017

China: Release Tibetan language advocate from unlawful detention

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) condemns the unlawful and arbitrary detention of Mr Tashi Wangchuk for his peaceful advocacy of...

News December 30, 2016

Human Rights Day 2016: Stand Up for Rights and Freedoms, Stand Up to Tyranny and Oppression

Today we celebrate the 68th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations General Assembly in...

News December 9, 2016

TCHRD condemns “unspeakable action” by Chinese ambassador in Germany

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) condemns the government of People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) oppressive treatment of Michael Brand, a...

News May 13, 2016

China must end enforced disappearance of Tibet’s 11th Panchen Lama

Today is the 27th birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the reincarnate of the previous 10th Panchen Lama, one of the most important spiritual leaders of Tibet....

News April 25, 2016

TCHRD calls for immediate investigation into death of prominent Tibetan reincarnate monk in Chinese prison

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has received the tragic news that Chinese prison officials have cremated Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s body...

TCHRD Statements July 17, 2015

TCHRD statement on the death of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche in Chinese prison

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is deeply shocked and saddened by the unexpected death of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, aged 65...

TCHRD Statements July 15, 2015

China: Release reincarnated Tibetan Buddhist monk on medical parole

Today marks the 13th anniversary of Tulku Tenzin Delek’s arbitrary and unjust arrest on 7 April 2002. His arrest eventually led to life imprisonment....

News April 7, 2015

‘EVERYDAY IS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY’: TCHRD observes World Human Rights Day

Sixty-six years ago, on 10 December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human...

News December 10, 2014

TCHRD highlights Tibetan human rights issues at UN

The director of the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), Ms. Tsering Tsomo, attended the 27th session of the Human Rights Council...

Briefings & Submissions September 25, 2014

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…...

News September 11, 2014

Campaign to Advance LGBTQIA+ Awareness in the Tibetan Community

2025 Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in Tibet

China: Ensure Immediate Medical Care for Imprisoned Tibetan Political Prisoners

Tibetan monk secretly sentenced to seven years in prison following years of enforced disappearance

A Year On, Vietnam and China Must Account for Tulku Hungkar Dorje’s Death

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