TCHRD Statements

Mao’s legacy in Tibet

On 26 December 2013, China held a grand celebration to commemorate the 120th birthday of Mao Zedong (毛澤東). This involves a careful balance for Xi Jinping and...

News December 27, 2013

TCHRD statement on China’s election to UN Human Rights Council

On 12 November 2013, China was elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Council (HRC) was created in...

News November 13, 2013

China’s white paper on Tibet suffers from human rights doublespeak

This week, China issued a white paper titled “Development and Progress of Tibet” which contained stunning claims of improved situation inside Tibet. Indeed the...

News October 24, 2013

TCHRD remembers torture victims, calls on China to eradicate torture

On 3 April 2013, after 17 years Jigme Gyatso was released from prison. He entered prison a strong and healthy 35 year-old and left...

News June 26, 2013

China rejects universality of human rights in latest white paper

Last week, the Information Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet, issued a white paper on “Progress in China's Human Rights in 2012”...

News May 21, 2013

Tibet’s Stolen Spiritual Leader Turns 24: China must end enforced disappearance of Tibet’s Panchen Lama

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Tibet’s XIth Panchen Lama, one of the most important Tibetan spiritual leaders, turns 24 today under house arrest. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima...

News April 24, 2013

TCHRD honours Tibetan defenders of conscience on Human Rights Day (2012)

Today is the 64th International Human Rights Day, the day the United Nations proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) the highest form...

TCHRD Statements December 9, 2012

Seventeen years and counting: disappearance of Panchen Lama

Today is the 23rd birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, one of the most important spiritual leaders of Tibet, who disappeared...

TCHRD Statements April 25, 2012

TCHRD Statement on the 63rd Anniversary of Human Rights Day

Today is the 63rd anniversary of the adoption of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), commonly celebrated as Human Rights Day all over the...

TCHRD Statements December 10, 2011

Statement on the 62nd anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Today, 10 December 2010, is the 62nd anniversary of proclamation of Universal Declaration of Human Rights and also a moment to celebrate the occasion...

TCHRD Statements December 10, 2010

TCHRD commemorates 13th UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

The United Nations has designated 26 June as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and today marks the 13th anniversary of...

TCHRD Statements June 25, 2010

TCHRD commemorates International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (2009)

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) commemorates the 12th anniversary of the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture...

TCHRD Statements June 26, 2009

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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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

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