China’s legal reforms won’t work without structural changes in its criminal justice system
On 24 October 2016, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began the sixth plenum, an annual meeting of senior members of…
Read MoreChina ‘disappears’ two monks in connection with protests against land grab
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is deeply concerned about the fate of two monks who remain…
Read MoreChina: Hold police accountable for excessive use of force against Tibetan protester
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) strongly condemns the excessive force used against a peaceful Tibetan protester…
Read MoreDemolition of leading Tibetan Buddhist institute reveals no change in China’s policy of religious repression
The ongoing demolition of monastic dwellings and eviction of monks and nuns at Larung Gar Buddhist Institute, one of the…
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China arrests Tibetan man who helped protect self-immolator’s body four years ago
Chinese authorities recently arrested a Tibetan man because he helped to protect the body of a self-immolation protester from falling…
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Two Tibetans imprisoned for singing songs about self-immolation released after 4 years
Two Tibetan singers imprisoned for four years for releasing a music album were released on 3 October from Mianyang Prison…
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Tibetan man imprisoned in connection with sister’s self-immolation released after three years
Chinese authorities have released a Tibetan man after he completed a three-year sentence for allegedly having links with the self-immolation…
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China detains recently-released Tibetan writer and his friend for ‘brainwashing class’
Tibetan writer and teacher Gangkye Drupa Kyab was detained again on 17 September, a day after his release from prison.…
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‘No, We Have Not Forgotten You’: Canadian writer dedicates book to Gangkye Drupa Kyab
In a moving letter addressed to Tibetan writer Gangkye Drupa Kyab, Sylvain Meunier, a Montreal-based Quebecois writer expressed her indignation…
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Tibetan writer and teacher Gangkye Drupa Kyab released before completion of prison term
Gangkye Drupa Kyab, a Tibetan writer and teacher, was released after four years and seven months from Minyak Rangakha Prison…
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