Advocacy and Capacity Building to counter China’s Transnational Repression in Europe
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) conducted a seven-week long advocacy and capacity building activities aimed at…
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Signature Petition: Safeguard Tibetan refugee rights in Nepal
The situation of Tibetan refugees in Nepal has worsened over the years. Since 1995, escalating Chinese pressure has hindered Nepal from issuing documentation to Tibetan refugees, depriving them of fundamental human rights, including travel, employment, and education rights. Referred to by many Tibetans as the “second Tibet,” Nepal now faces a level of repression second only to Tibet under Chinese occupation. Chinese-directed surveillance and espionage carried out in collaboration with Nepali authorities further restrict Tibetans’ freedom of expression and association, hindering cultural and religious practices.
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TCHRD Statement on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Today on the “International Day in Support of Victims of Torture”, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy expresses our solidarity with all political prisoners around the world particularly Tibetan political prisoners and their relatives who have suffered and continue to suffer the brutal effects of excessive and inhumane torture and abuse perpetrated by the government of the People’s Republic of China.
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Open Letter To President Xi Jinping To End Forced Cultural Assimilation Policy In Tibet
In an open letter to President Xi Jinping on China’s ‘Children’s Day’ (六一际儿童节) on 1 June, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) calls on President Xi to end forced cultural assimilation policy, which is being aggressively implemented under the guise of “Second Generation Ethnic Policy” in Tibet.
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Introducing Decoding CCP
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy is shortly due to launch its Decoding CCP, a reliable guide to almost 500 propaganda jargon keywords, for both English and Tibetan readers. Tibetans have lived alongside their much bigger and more powerful Chinese neighbour for many centuries, and really know how Chinese leaders think.
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TCHRD stands in solidarity with all victims of enforced disappearances
On the 38th International day of the victims of enforced disappearances, TCHRD remembers all victims of enforced disappearance inside Tibet and calls on China to ratify the Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances (Convention).
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CHINA CANNOT REDEFINE TORTURE #TortureVictimsDay2021
The use of torture to extract confessions from political detainees was rampant despite prohibitions against it in Chinese Criminal Procedure Law. Since Tibetan detainees are mostly charged with national security crimes, they are held incommunicado for months and sometimes never again found alive.
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Video campaign calls on China to end enforced disappearance of Tibet’s spiritual leader Panchen Lama
The 17 May 2021 marks the 26th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the XIth Panchen Lama…
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Tibetan college students participate in TCHRD’s online workshop on human rights
A group of 23 Tibetan college students studying law, politics, journalism and sociology at different universities in India took part…
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TCHRD submits list of Chinese party secretaries for sanctions under Global Magnitsky Act
December 17, 2020 The Honorable Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington,…
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