Labrang monk Tsultrim Gyatso eligible for release in 2026 after life sentence commuted to 18.5 years
Tibetan political prisoner Tsultrim Gyatso has become eligible for release in November 2026 after his life sentence was commuted for…
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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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China must release Tibetan writer and intellectual Lhaden from prolonged incommunicado detention
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) demands the immediate and unconditional release of the noted Tibetan writer and intellectual Mr Lhaden (pseudonym: Dhi Lhaden) who has been in arbitrary detention for two years at an undisclosed location in Chengdu city, Sichuan Province.
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TCHRD Announces Vacancy for the Post of Tibetan Researcher
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is seeking applicants for the post of Tibetan Researcher.
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TCHRD supports calls for ‘diplomatic boycott’ and relocation of Beijing 2022 Olympics
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) welcomes the remarks of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a steadfast human rights…
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Video campaign calls on China to end enforced disappearance of Tibetâs 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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2020 Annual Report: Human Rights Situation in Tibet
The 2020 Annual Report on the human rights situation in Tibet, released online today in three languages: Tibetan, Chinese and…
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Tibetan college students participate in TCHRDâs 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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China: Release Tibetan scholar GĹ Sherab Gyatso from arbitrary detention
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) strongly protests the arbitrary detention of GĹ Sherab Gyatso, an outstanding…
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China imprisons Tibetan nomad for âillegal contentsâ he had shared online five years ago
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is deeply distressed to learn about the sentencing of a 50…
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