Resettlement is Displacement: A right-based perspective on the internally displaced in Tibet
The Tibetan people have been facing severe human rights violations at the hands of the Chinese government for over half…
Read MoreTCHRD remembers torture victims, calls on China to eradicate torture
On 3 April 2013, after 17 years Jigme Gyatso was released from prison. He entered prison a strong and healthy…
Read MoreGuest Post: Placing psychiatric health manual of Chinese armed police in Tibet in context
The Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) recently received and published a summary of a manual it…
Read MoreNun dies of self-immolation, family placed under house arrest
According to sources inside Tibet, on 11 June, Wangchen Dolma, a nun from Tawu (Ch: Daofu) County in Kardze (Ch:…
Read More‘So many myriad hellish sufferings’: Persecution of Tibetan artists
TCHRD has translated some of the songs from the album, ‘Agony of Unhealed Wounds’, to highlight the secret imprisonment of…
Read MoreTwo Tibetan singers secretly sentenced but whereabouts unknown
Two Tibetan singers who were detained last year for releasing a music album titled “Agony of Unhealed Wounds” had been…
Read MoreTwo monks sentenced to 3 yrs in prison for holding prayers for self-immolator
The relentless crackdown on self-immolation protests in Tibet continued when Chinese authorities sentenced two Tibetan monks to three years in…
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My words are not tainted by lies and deception: Gartse Jigme
Imprisoned Tibetan monk and writer Gartse Jigme in a heartfelt appeal calls on the Chinese government to reach out to…
Read MoreFormer longest-serving political prisoner still under house arrest after release
Almost a month after his release from prison on 24 April 2013, Lobsang Tenzin was finally allowed to see his…
Read MoreChina rejects universality of human rights in latest white paper
Last week, the Information Office of the State Council, or China’s Cabinet, issued a white paper on “Progress in China’s…
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