China announces unprecedented harsh measures to deter self-immolations in Tibet’s Dzoege County
In April 2013, the local government in Dzoege (Ch: Ru-ergai) County in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture…
Read MoreObama could do more to make religious freedom a key objective of US foreign policy
On Thursday morning just before Max Baucus was confirmed by the US Senate to be the next US Ambassador to…
Read MoreRepression escalates in Tibet’s Diru County: Tibetan youth beaten to death, 2 others given heavy sentences and another disappeared
A Tibetan youth has died in police custody soon after his arrest in Diru (Ch: Biru) County in Nagchu (Ch:…
Read MoreTCHRD to organise Annual Human Rights Symposium on Tibet
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) will be hosting the Annual Human Rights Symposium on Tibet at the…
Read MoreTibet high on agenda at ‘Human Rights Human Wrongs’ Film Fest
A documentary film on the state of the freedom of expression in Tibet will premiere at the ‘Human Rights Human…
Read MoreUN Expert Group must consider deaths caused by detention in Tibet
On 28 January 2014 the Intergovernmental Expert Group on the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners will meet…
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TCHRD releases 2013 Annual Report and Special Report on Re-education Through Labour
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is pleased to announce the release of the 2013 Annual Report…
Read MoreTibetan writer Kunga Tsayang released from prison after 5 years
Writer, essayist, blogger, chronicler, environmentalist and amateur photographer Kunga Tsayang has been released after serving almost five years’ of imprisonment…
Read MoreDeath in detention: Monk exposes China’s failure to protect Tibetans’ right to life
Nyima Dakpa Kyeri was a monk at Tawu Nyitso Monastery in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province.…
Read MoreA year after arrest, monk sentenced to 6 years in prison over self-immolation
A Tibetan monk has been sentenced to six years in prison over self-immolation protest, more than a year after his…
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