Story of Tanak Jigme Sangpo
Tanak Jigme Sangpo, Tibet’s longest serving political prisoner, was reportedly released on medical parole on March 31, 2002, after serving…
Read MoreSmuggled Film Shows Destruction of Serthar Institute
The Tibetan Centre of Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) today screened for the first time a 10-minute documentary showing the…
Read More
Destruction of Serthar Institute: A Special Report
The summer and autumn of 2001 saw the dismantling of the leading centre for Buddhist scholarship and practice on the…
Read MoreChadrel Rinpoche’s fate unknown
Anxiety begin to grip the Tibetans as Chadrel Rinpoche, the 62-year-old former abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery and Head of…
Read MoreDrapchi Prison: Tibet’s most dreaded prison
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) today released a report entitled “Drapchi Prison: Tibet’s Most Dreaded Prison”.…
Read More
Drapchi Prison: Tibet’s Most Dreaded Prison
The year 1998 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Ironically, in Drapchi…
Read More
Enforcing Loyalty: Annual Report 2000 (TCHRD)
The latest Annual Report by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has been released today. Enforcing Loyalty is a comprehensive…
Read More
Impoverishing Tibetans: China’s Flawed Economic Policy in Tibet
The recurrent theme, which appears in the official Chinese discourse on Tibet, is that of development and growth. Very often…
Read More29 Tibetan tour guides dismissed
Some 29 Tibetan tour guides from Shigatse Prefecture Tourist Travel Agency inĀ Lhasa were reportedly dismissed from their jobs on 1…
Read MoreExpulsion of Monks in a Bon Monastery
Fifteen monks, including 12 juveniles and three elderly monks above the age of 65, were expelled from Yungtrung Peri Monastery…
Read More