TCHRD statement on China’s election to UN Human Rights Council
On 12 November 2013, China was elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Council…
Read MoreNo let-up in Diru crackdown: 17 Tibetans detained as party officials greet armed police
Chinese authorities have detained 17 known Tibetans in separate incidents following the outbreak of popular protests against China’s ‘mass-line’ campaigns…
Read More‘Occupy Movement’ in Tibet: Chinese police force elderly Tibetans to end sit-in demonstration against land grab in Ngaba
A group of 16 elderly Tibetans has been forced to end a month-long sit-in demonstration against appropriation of their land…
Read MoreChina’s white paper on Tibet suffers from human rights doublespeak
This week, China issued a white paper titled “Development and Progress of Tibet” which contained stunning claims of improved situation…
Read MoreChina disappears a father of three, arrests 10 others in ongoing crackdown in Diru
China has disappeared a Tibetan father of three and arrested 10 other Tibetans in an ongoing crackdown in Diru (Ch:…
Read MoreChina disappears more Tibetans in Diru as crackdown spreads
Popular rejection of China’s compulsory flag-flying campaign has led to more detention and disappearances in Diru (Ch: Biru) County in…
Read MoreIn defence of truth: Detained Tibetan writer’s poems translated
TCHRD has translated two poems composed by the versatile young Tibetan writer Tsultrim Gyaltsen aka Shogdril who was detained late…
Read MoreCrackdown in Diru widens: Tibetan writer and a former policeman detained
A Tibetan writer and his friend, a former police officer, were detained late last week in an ongoing crackdown at…
Read MoreOfficial Chinese notification puts Nagchu Tibetans under secret surveillance
Days after the violent crackdown on local Tibetans in Diru County in Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture, Chinese authorities in Lhasa…
Read MoreTwo monks flee Tibet’s Nagchu to escape persecution as ‘social prisoner’
Chinese authorities in Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) are persecuting monks and nuns who travel to…
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