Former abbot subjected to secret detention shortly after release from prison
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is deeply distressed to learn that Lodoe Rabsel, the former abbot of…
Read MoreChina expands new measures to directly control Tibetan monasteries
Chinese authorities in Yulshul (Ch: Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, in the Tibetan province of Kham has begun implementing…
Read MoreMonk disappears after sending protest writings to Chinese cadres’ phones
A Tibetan monk has disappeared after sharing his writings criticizing Chinese rule to the mobile phones of Chinese cadres stationed…
Read MoreFIGHT THE BLACKOUT IN TIBET: World Press Freedom Day Campaign
‘Fight the Blackout’ campaign aims to highlight and end the extreme restrictions put on independent journalists and human rights monitors…
Read MoreTCHRD commemorates 25th birthday of Tibet’s disappeared Panchen Lama
Today marks the 25th birthday of the XIth Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, one of the most important spiritual leaders…
Read More12 Years Too Many: Release Tenzin Delek Rinpoche on medical parole
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) observes with deep concern the 12th anniversary of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s arbitrary arrest…
Read MoreWriter among two sentenced to harsh prison terms of 10 to 13 years in Diru County
Tibetan writer Tsultrim Gyaltsen, also known as Shokdril, and his friend Yulgyal, from Diru County, Eastern Tibet, have been sentenced…
Read MoreMonk sentenced to 18 years in prison in restive Diru County
Chinese security forces have stepped up their repression of Drong Na Monastery whose principal chant master was recently sentenced in…
Read MoreChina sentences two Tibetan village leaders to 10 years’ imprisonment in Diru County
Chinese authorities have sentenced in secret two Tibetan village leaders to 10 years in prison in the restive Diru (Ch;…
Read MoreRoar of the Snow Lion: Tibetan writer Tashi Rabten released after 4 years in prison
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) welcomes the release of writer Tashi Rabten, also known as Theurang, who…
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