China: Stop violating right to freedom of religion and belief of Tibetans
Chinese authorities issued two separate directives last month to prohibit the Tibetan monastic community and the general public from participating,…
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China: Release Tibetan language advocate from unlawful detention
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) condemns the unlawful and arbitrary detention of Mr Tashi Wangchuk for…
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Charged of inciting separatism, detained former Tibetan political prisoner Tsegon Gyal on ‘silent protest’
On the eve of Christmas, Chinese authorities charged a prominent former Tibetan political prisoner of ‘inciting to split the country’…
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Recently released Tibetan political prisoner hospitalized with multiple diseases, deprived of basic rights and under police surveillance
Prominent Tibetan monk Jigme Gyatso who was released from prison after five years last October has been diagnosed with multiple…
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Tibetan monk likely detained in connection with recent self-immolation
The charred remains of Tashi Rabten A Tibetan monk was arbitrarily detained at around midnight from his monastic quarter earlier… Read MoreProminent former political prisoner Tsegon Gyal arbitrarily arrested, at risk of torture in incommunicado detention
Tsegon Gyal, 53, has been arbitrarily detained on unknown charges early this month by the local State Security Bureau officers…
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Chinese police beat and detain Tibetan teen protester
An 18 year-old Tibetan youth was beaten up and taken to an undisclosed location by local Chinese police after he…
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China detains four Tibetans linked to self-immolation videos, self-immolator’s wife subjected to severe interrogation and intimidation
Information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) indicates that local authorities have subjected several known…
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China’s Buddhist supervisory body announces explicit restrictions on Tibetan Buddhism
A notice issued by a provincial unit of the Buddhist Association of China (BAC), China’s state supervisory body on Buddhism, has…
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Human Rights Day 2016: Stand Up for Rights and Freedoms, Stand Up to Tyranny and Oppression
Today we celebrate the 68th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United…
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