My words are not tainted by lies and deception: Gartse Jigme
Imprisoned Tibetan monk and writer Gartse Jigme in a heartfelt appeal calls on the Chinese government to reach out to…
Read MoreFormer longest-serving political prisoner still under house arrest after release
Almost a month after his release from prison on 24 April 2013, Lobsang Tenzin was finally allowed to see his…
Read MoreChina rejects universality of human rights in latest white paper
Last week, the Information Office of the State Council, or China’s Cabinet, issued a white paper on “Progress in China’s…
Read MoreTibetan writer sentenced to 5 yrs in prison for writing book on self-immolation
By branding Dalai Lama as their enemy and neglecting the demands of self-immolators, they have shown that they consider…
Read MoreThree Lives and A Song: Disappearance of Panchen Lama
Today marks the 18th year of Tibet’s XIth Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima’s disappearance into Chinese custody. One of the…
Read More‘Weakness of the Oppressor’ : Leaked document exposes psychological traumas faced by Chinese armed police in Tibet
TCHRD has received a Chinese language copy of a manual published by the Sichuan Provincial Political Department of the People’s…
Read MoreNyatso Zilkar monk in poor health after imprisonment
An imprisoned monk from the restive Nyatso Zilkar Monastery in Trindu (Ch: Chenduo) County, Jyekundo (Ch: Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture…
Read More“They treat us like animals”
Tashi Rabten (pen name: Theurang) is a Tibetan writer, poet and editor who is serving a four-year sentence in Mianyang…
Read MoreFreedom at last? : Released from 25 years’ imprisonment, former longest-serving Tibetan political prisoner under surveillance
Tibet’s longest-serving known political prisoner, Lobsang Tenzin, was released last month after completing his 18-yr term in Chushul Prison in…
Read MoreTwo Tibetan monks die of self-immolation protest
Despite extreme measures implemented by the Chinese authorities to crack down on self-immolation protests, burning protests in Tibet continue unabated…
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