Tibetan man kills self in detention to avoid custodial torture
A Tibetan man committed suicide after local police detained him in Markham (Ch: Mangkang) County in Chamdo (Ch: Changdu) Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Tibetan monk detained for writing book on self-immolation released after two years
A Tibetan monk was released earlier this month after being detained two years ago for writing a book on self-immolation protests. Tritsen, 29, who...
Former Tibetan political prisoner subjected to 10 years house arrest dies
A former political prisoner died at the age of 84 after years of house arrest and poor health caused by injuries sustained during more...
Tibetan political prisoner rendered crippled after 8 years imprisonment
A Tibetan man was released last Sunday in critical condition after he spent eight years in prison for participating in a peaceful protest in...
Monk imprisoned for hoisting Tibetan national flag released after four years imprisonment
A Tibetan monk has been released after serving four years in prison for hoisting Tibetan national flag and distributing leaflets in Wonpo (Ch: Wenbo)...
Illegal detention of Tibetan language activist underscores near-absolute Chinese state repression
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) condemns the ongoing illegal detention of Tashi Wangchuk, 30, a Tibetan businessman who has been...
TCHRD launches new online resource on Tibetan political prisoners
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is pleased to launch today an online resource on the state of political prisoners in...
High-profile Tibetan political prisoner hospitalized six months before release
Chinese prison authorities have admitted Jigme Gyatso, a high-profile Tibetan political prisoner, into a prison hospital in Lanzhou city, capital of Gansu Province, as...
Two Tibetan youths stage self-immolation protests in Tibet and India
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is deeply shocked and dismayed by the news of two self-immolation protests that occurred in...
Tibetan mother secretly detained after staging peaceful solo protest amid increased repression and Internet...
A Tibetan mother of one has been arbitrarily detained and disappeared beginning this month after she staged a peaceful solo protest carrying a portrait...
