The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is a non-profit organisation committed to advancing human rights and democracy in Tibet and the exiled Tibetan community by empowering Tibetan advocates and monitoring, documenting, and campaigning against human rights abuses.
What We Do
Through meticulous research, campaigning, and knowledge-sharing, we aim to confront and rectify human rights abuses, and promote democracy.
Latest News
Kelsang, a 42-year-old Tibetan resident of Serdak Township in Tengchen (Ch: Dêngqên) County, Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, has been subjected to prolonged, systematic marginalization by local Chinese authorities. For more than nine years, his family has been denied access to basic public services such as electricity and water, a deprivation that has severely impacted their daily life and well-being.…
Call for Independent and Impartial Investigations into the Suspicious Death and Secret Cremation of Tibetan Tulku Hungkar Dorje in Vietnam The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), along with Vietnamese Advocates for Change (VAC), FORUM-ASIA, and the Asia Democracy Network (ADN), expresses grave concern and outrage over the suspicious death and the subsequent secret cremation of Tulku Hungkar…
Dharamsala, India – A new report published today by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) argues that Chinese authorities committed egregious human rights abuses that amount to crimes against humanity in Driru County, one of the most tightly-controlled areas in Tibet. The report titled ‘If Gyalmo Ngulchu Could Feel: Crimes Against Humanity in Driru’ details widespread and…