Anti-corruption crackdown in Tibet must focus on human rights abuses
As part of Chinese president Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, investigators are being sent to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) for disciplinary purposes. They will...
China holds Tibetan livelihood to ransom to secure political stability
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) recently published an update on the escalating repression in Diru (Ch: Biru) County in Nagchu...
Monk released after 6 years of incarceration for ‘leaking state secrets’
A Tibetan monk was released recently after completing a six-year sentence for sharing information about human rights abuses perpetrated by Chinese security forces during...
Senior Buddhist scholar arrested as repression escalates in restive Tibetan county
A senior Tibetan monk who is an accomplished Buddhist scholar was arbitrarily arrested and disappeared in May 2014 while he was giving a lecture...
TCHRD releases two new publications on ‘village democracy’ and UN human rights instruments
Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) proclaims that ‘all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination...
FIRST-CUT SCREENING OF ‘THROUGH FLESH AND BONES’ : TCHRD Observes International Day in Support...
Today, 26 June 2014, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) joins the international community in commemorating the International Day in Support...
Tibetan writers Jangtse Donkho and Buddha released from prison
"The greatest mental suffering of Tibetans is not that there is no place to complain about their sufferings but that they are not allowed...
TCHRD welcomes Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen’s release from prison
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is pleased to learn that Dhondup Wangchen, the courageous filmmaker of Jigdral (“Leaving Fear Behind”)...
‘For the values of democracy and equality’: Remembering Tiananmen Heroes
“For the values of democracy and equality, many great men and women gave up their lives. On this earth beneath the vast sky, although...
Plight of Tibetan ‘substitute teachers’ in Rebkong County
In the People’s Republic of China, a ‘substitute teacher’ is someone who is employed to teach in a primary or middle school but is...
