China appropriates Tibetan farmlands in the name of hydropower projects
A major land grab by Chinese authorities is being reported by local sources in Muge area in Sungchu (Ch: Songpan)…
Read MoreSenior monk among the latest identified in Tawu shootings
Warning: This post contains graphic images. Tsewang Choephel, a senior monk and administrative staff (Tib: chanzoe) at Nyatso Monastery, is…
Read MoreEnvironmental activist suffers broken ribs after savage beatings in Tawu
A Tibetan environmental activist has his ribs broken after enduring savage beatings at the hands of China’s People’s Armed Police…
Read MoreTibetans in critical condition after Chinese armed police shoot into crowd celebrating Dalai Lama’s birthday
Several known Tibetans are in critical condition and many more injured after Chinese armed police fired into a crowd…
Read MoreChina implements measures to appoint political monks in guise of spiritual teachers
In the past weeks, there has been persistent speculation on ‘experimental’ moves by the Chinese authorities to overturn some of…
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Resettlement is Displacement: A right-based perspective on the internally displaced in Tibet
The Tibetan people have been facing severe human rights violations at the hands of the Chinese government for over half…
Read MoreTCHRD remembers torture victims, calls on China to eradicate torture
On 3 April 2013, after 17 years Jigme Gyatso was released from prison. He entered prison a strong and healthy…
Read MoreGuest Post: Placing psychiatric health manual of Chinese armed police in Tibet in context
The Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) recently received and published a summary of a manual it…
Read MoreNun dies of self-immolation, family placed under house arrest
According to sources inside Tibet, on 11 June, Wangchen Dolma, a nun from Tawu (Ch: Daofu) County in Kardze (Ch:…
Read More‘So many myriad hellish sufferings’: Persecution of Tibetan artists
TCHRD has translated some of the songs from the album, ‘Agony of Unhealed Wounds’, to highlight the secret imprisonment of…
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