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 the historic Karma Monastery,...
China 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 new repressive measures introduced...
Monk 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 at Tsenden Monastery in...
FIGHT 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 to visit and assess...
TCHRD 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 of Tibet, who disappeared...
12 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 on 7 April 2002...
Writer among two sentenced to harsh prison terms of 10 to 13 years in...
Tibetan writer Tsultrim Gyaltsen, also known as Shokdril, and his friend Yulgyal, from Diru County, Eastern Tibet, have been sentenced to thirteen and ten...
Monk 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 secret to 18 years...
China 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; Biru) County in Nagchu...
Roar of the Snow Lion: Tibetan writer Tashi Rabten released after 4 years in...
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) welcomes the release of writer Tashi Rabten, also known as Theurang, who served four years at...
