China detains 10 former Tibetan nomads for protesting denial of welfare benefits
Chinese security forces have detained at least 10 Tibetan residents of Chumey Village in Nyakla Township in Nangchen (Ch: Nangqian) County, Yulshul (Ch: Yushu)...
TCHRD calls for immediate, unconditional release of chinese human rights lawyers
Against the backdrop of the legal reforms that took place in 2014 aiming to make courts less corrupt, there has been an unprecedented crackdown...
New crackdown campaign introduced in Tibet ahead of sensitive anniversary celebrations
In preparation for the 50th founding anniversary of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), the Chinese authorities have begun implementing the ‘Clean Sweep and Strike’ (Ch:...
Tibetan youth detained for solo protest identified after a week of his protest
A Tibetan youth who was detained for staging a peaceful solo protest against repressive Chinese rule has finally been identified as 17-year-old Tibetan nomad...
Chinese miners threaten Tibetans trying to save sacred mountain from uranium mining
Chinese authorities have used intimidation and threats of force to block attempts by local Tibetans to save a sacred mountain from uranium mining at...
China detains yet another Tibetan woman for peaceful solitary protest
A Tibetan nomad woman was detained incommunicado last week for staging peaceful protest in Meuruma town in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) County in Ngaba Tibetan...
Chinese police employ savage beatings, repressive decree to force Tibetans to observe ‘Army Day’
Chinese authorities in two different Tibetan counties have used disproportionate force and violence as a punishment for Tibetans failing to properly organize the celebration...
Death of Tibetan lama in prison: Family members released from detention but banned from...
Chinese authorities have failed to launch an investigation into the death in detention case of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a highly-revered and popular Tibetan reincarnate...
TCHRD welcomes release of political prisoner Ronggye A’drak, calls on China to stop criminalizing...
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is pleased to learn that Ronggye A'drak, a Tibetan nomad who was imprisoned for staging...
Tibetan monk disappeared, sister and nephew beaten up in detention
A Tibetan monk named Choekyi, 38, was detained and disappeared at around 5. 30 pm on 19 June 2015 in Wal-shul, Serthar (Ch: Seda)...
