A Tibetan Teacher sentenced to five years’ imprisonment term
TCHRD received confirmed information that Nyima Tsering, 65, a teacher, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment term by Gyantse Intermediate…
Read MorePrisoner on medical parole succumbs to torture inflicted in prison
TCHRD has learned through reliable sources the demise of Nyima Drakpa, 29, in his home on 1 October 2003. Nyima Drakpa,…
Read MoreNgaba Kirti Monastic School closed, patron dissappears
According to confirmed information received from Tibet, the Chinese authorities closed down Kirti Monastic School (Tib translit: kirti’ nang bstan…
Read MoreChina releases monk serving seven years’ sentence
Luzi Tashi Phuntsok, who was serving seven years’ imprisonment sentence in Yakra Phuk Prison (Tib translit: gyag ra phuk), was…
Read MoreDeath of a Tibetan prisoner of conscience due to torture
According to reliable information received from Tibet, Lobsang Dhargyal suddenly died Monday morning on 19 November 2002 in a Manufacturing…
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Dispossessed: Land and Housing Rights in Tibet
For many years human rights monitors have reported on China’s denial of political and civil freedoms rather than focusing on…
Read MoreTCHRD accreditation rejected
Today the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) was denied accreditation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development…
Read MoreChina attacks TCHRD’s participation in World Summit on Sustainable Development
China has once again objected to the accreditation of the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) to a…
Read MoreStory 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…
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