Call for comprehensive reform of treaty body system on 75th anniversary of United Nations
Today is the 75th anniversary of the United Nations when the UN charter went into effect in 1948. As we…
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Prominent Tibetan political prisoner Tsegon Gyal undergoes surgery shortly after release from prison
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is deeply concerned over the health condition of Tsegon Gyal, a prominent Tibetan political prisoner who was released last December after completing a three-year prison term at Dongchuan prison (西宁市东川监狱) in Xining, Qinghai Province, in the Tibetan province of Amdo.
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New Report: Mass surveillance and censorship conceal widespread human rights violations in Tibet
China’s widespread and intrusive practices of mass surveillance and censorship have served as a perfect foil to continue perpetrating human rights violations with impunity in Tibet. Since 2008 when Tibetans held widespread protests calling for freedom and return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Chinese authorities have tightened control to ensure that such an event will never happen again. For years now, the Chinese Communist Party (‘Party’) authorities have enforced a model of social control that has proved highly successful in silencing Tibet and encouraging the rapid forced assimilation of Tibetans.
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China imprisons two Tibetans on ‘state subversion’ charges for Dalai Lama song
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has been informed by reliable sources that two Tibetans had been…
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Special Report: Barriers to Exercising Right to a Fair Trial in Tibet
The government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) claimed in a September 2019 white paper that it had “continuously…
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No impunity for torture: #InternationalDayAgainstTorture
26 June is the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and…
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2019 Annual Report: Human Rights Situation in Tibet
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy is pleased to announce the release of 2019 Annual Report: Human Rights…
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China: Release Tibetans subjected to enforced disappearance for opposing coercive political indoctrination campaign
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) urge Chinese authorities to immediately reveal the fate of two Tibetan…
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China must publicly disclose truth about Tibet’s disappeared Panchen Lama
On the 25th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the Tibetan Centre for…
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Chinese cadres and migrants resume work at Tibet dam amid coronavirus fears
Chinese authorities announced the return of Chinese cadres and migrant workers to resume work at the Jiacha Hydropower Station that…
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