Eight losses faced by Tibetan drogpas due to China’s resettlement policy
One of the most urgent issues affecting Tibetans inside Tibet today is the massive displacement induced by China’s development projects. Last month, Human Rights Watch reported...
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) County in Ngaba (Ch:...
Senior monk among the latest identified in Tawu shootings
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Tsewang Choephel, a senior monk and administrative staff (Tib: chanzoe) at Nyatso Monastery, is the latest Tibetan to be...
Environmental 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 forces on 6 July...
Tibetans in critical condition after Chinese armed police shoot into crowd celebrating Dalai Lama’s...
Several known Tibetans are in critical condition and many more injured after Chinese armed police fired into a crowd of Tibetans gathered to celebrate...
China 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 its decades-old vilification campaign...
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 a century. The Chinese...
TCHRD 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 35 year-old and left...
Guest 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 published by the Sichuan Provincial...
Nun 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: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture...
