Release Tibetan monks from arbitrary detention: Sentencing is politically motivated
Earlier this month, Chinese authorities sent two monks, Gendun Dakpa and Lobsang Sherab, to prison for allegedly ‘sharing information with…
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China suspected of using torture on self-immolator’s sister as Tibetan monk dies of self-immolation
A Tibetan monk named Jamyang Losel died of self-immolation protest yesterday in Chentsa (Ch: Jianzha) County, Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan…
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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.…
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Senior Tibetan doctor accused of writing about human rights and the Dalai Lama detained for the second time
On 27 February, a senior Tibetan monk and head of the Mura Monastery hospital was detained for the second time…
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Tibetan mother jailed for protecting body of self-immolator released after four years
A Tibetan woman named Tsedup Kyi was welcomed home by family members and 200 other local Tibetans after her release…
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Tibetan monk arrested for spearheading protest during 2008 uprising released after 10 years
A Tibetan monk jailed for spearheading a mass protest against Chinese rule during the 2008 uprising in Tibet was released…
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Tibetan monk jailed for peaceful protest released after three years
A Tibetan monk was released last Wednesday after the completion of his three years prison term. Lobsang Gyatso, 23, a…
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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 prisoners of conscience
Today is the 28th birthday of Tibet’s 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who went missing 22 years ago along…
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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…
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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…
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