TCHRD Statements

TCHRD Statements

TCHRD condemns China’s framing of Tulku Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche on weapon charges

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) condemns in strongest terms the framing of Tulku Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche on weapon charges related to...

TCHRD Condemns the China framing of Tulku Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche on weapon charges

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) condemns in strongest terms the framing of Tulku Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche on weapon charges related...

TCHRD calls for release of Jigme Gyatso on medical grounds

Jigme Gyatso, a 48-year-old Tibetan political prisoner from Amdo Kersul, who is serving 17 years’ prison sentence is learnt to be seriously ill following...

Tibetan voice gagged at the Durban Review Conference

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) expresses its utter disappointment over the de facto expulsion of TCHRD from the United Nations...

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...

Panchen Lama spends his 19th birthday under house arrest

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the XIth Panchen Lama of Tibet today turns 19. He has been missing for the past thirteen years along with his...

Death toll mounts as Tibet Uprising Continues: TCHRD calls upon UN to send a Fact Finding Mission

Lhasa, the capital city, in particular is still reeling under extremely tense situation at the moment since yesterday's demonstration. Information from Tibet indicates Chinese...

Statement on the 59th anniversary of International Human Rights Day

On the occasion of the 59th International Human Rights Day today, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) salutes those around the...

TCHRD deplores China’s new religious measures on reincarnation

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) deplores the government of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) new religious regulatory measures on...

China arrest two Tibetan women for expressing support for Trulku Tenzin Delek in Lithang

Two Tibetan women, O'dho and Apha Bhomo, both in their late 50's and residents of Othok Village, Nyagchuka County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture "TAP"...

Commotion between two communities lead to arrest of 30 Tibetans

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) received confirmed information from reliable sources that a commotion between the migrant Chinese Muslim traders...

Use of Torture still endemic in Chinese occupied Tibet

TCHRD commemorates the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture AS 26 JUNE 2007 marks the tenth anniversary of the UN International Day in...