Thematic Reports

Thematic Reports

TCHRD Statement on International Human Rights Day 2018

"We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human...

For Freedom and Equality

This bilingual book titled For Freedom and Equality is a collection of articles and poems written by imprisoned Tibetan writer Shokjang. In many of...

An Alternative Report Submitted to Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

This report is an assessment of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial...

Inevitable Imprisonment: Arbitrary Detention and its Effects on the Exercise of Universal Rights in Tibet

Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the arbitrary detention of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima by the Chinese government. One of Tibet’s most...

Special Report on Prisoners of Conscience in Tibet

On 25 April 2017, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released a special report titled "Prisoners of Conscience in Tibet" on...

Special Report on Bilingual Education Policy in Tibet

The report titled 'Bilingual Education Policy in Tibet: The Systematic Replacement of Tibetan Language with Mandarin Chinese' was released on 7 April 2017 at...

Death in Detention: TCHRD Submission to UN Committee Against Torture

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) submitted an alternative report to UN Committee Against Torture ahead of its review of the...

New report critiques ‘rule of law with Chinese characteristics’ amid increased crackdown on civil society in China

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released today a special report on the state of rule of law in the People’s...

Tibetan language report on China’s ‘Mass Line’ campaign in Tibet released

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has published a report in Tibetan on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) so-called “Mass Line...

‘The Art of Passive Resistance’: Second book penned by underground Tibetan writer released

  The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released yesterday the second book written by underground Tibetan writer Dhi Lhaden, the courageous former...

Code of Conduct for Businesses Operating in Tibet

On 29 June the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) will release a code of conduct for businesses operating in Tibet. The...

‘WASTED LIVES’: New report offers fresh insights on travails of Tibetan nomads

Is there anything new that can be said about the disappearing nomads of Tibet? For years they have been removed from the plateau pastures...