China issues demolition order on world’s largest religious town in Tibet
Chinese authorities have announced the destruction of thousands of monastic dwellings and expulsion of monks, nuns and lay practitioners at…
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Canada, China and Human Rights: Who does Michael Chan speak for?
When Wang Yi, the foreign minister of People’s Republic of China (PRC), was asked a question about human rights and…
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Photos of Tibetan youth self-immolators become available after 4 years
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has received photographs of two Tibetan youths who died of self-immolation…
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Lone Tibetan protester holding Dalai Lama’s portrait detained incommunicado
Chinese authorities have detained incommunicado yet another Tibetan monk from the local Kirti Monastery for staging a lone protest against repressive…
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TCHRD calls on Chinese government to stop mining at sacred mountain
Rampant open-pit mining activities conducted for more than a decade by the Chinese authorities at Tibet’s sacred Gong Ngon Lari…
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Tibetan political prisoner released from prison after 21 years, detained again three years later
Chinese authorities have detained Lodoe Gyatso, a former Tibetan political prisoner who was released from prison three years ago after…
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Chinese police arbitrarily detain Tibetan monk to prevent self-immolation protest
Chinese authorities have arbitrarily detained a 23-yr old Tibetan monk because he was suspected of planning to stage a…
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TCHRD condemns “unspeakable action” by Chinese ambassador in Germany
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) condemns the government of People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) oppressive…
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Tibetan writer sentenced to 7.5 years after more than a year of secret detention
Chinese authorities have sentenced yet another Tibetan writer to prison for seven years and six months after holding him incommunicado…
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Chinese government destroys evidence of Tibetan woman’s self-immolation
Chinese authorities have destroyed photographic and video evidence of a self-immolation protest staged by a 50-year-old Tibetan woman in Dzoege…
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