TCHRD 1996-2006: A decade of human rights research
2006 marks the 10th anniversary of the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), which was established in 1996.…
Read MoreChina intensifies control in Lhasa during the 40th Founding Anniversary of “Tibet Autonomous Region”
The authorities of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) stepped up a close vigil and control in Lhasa, Tibet’ capital…
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Gedhun Choekyi Nyima: the XIth Panchen Lama of Tibet
Briefing Paper on Tibet’s XIth Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima Ordained Name: Tenzin Gedhun Yeshe Trinley Phuntsok Pal Sangpo[Gedhun Choekyi Nyima]…
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State of Education in Tibet: A human rights perspective
This report looks at some of the Chinese government’s educational policies in Tibet that fail to benefit the Tibetan people…
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“Strike Hard” Campaign
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) initiated the “Strike Hard” Campaign in China in 1983. It is a unique campaign…
Read MoreA Tibetan Teacher sentenced to five years’ imprisonment term
TCHRD received confirmed information that Nyima Tsering, 65, a teacher, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment term by Gyantse Intermediate…
Read MorePrisoner on medical parole succumbs to torture inflicted in prison
TCHRD has learned through reliable sources the demise of Nyima Drakpa, 29, in his home on 1 October 2003. Nyima Drakpa,…
Read MoreNgaba Kirti Monastic School closed, patron dissappears
According to confirmed information received from Tibet, the Chinese authorities closed down Kirti Monastic School (Tib translit: kirti’ nang bstan…
Read MoreChina releases monk serving seven years’ sentence
Luzi Tashi Phuntsok, who was serving seven years’ imprisonment sentence in Yakra Phuk Prison (Tib translit: gyag ra phuk), was…
Read MoreDeath of a Tibetan prisoner of conscience due to torture
According to reliable information received from Tibet, Lobsang Dhargyal suddenly died Monday morning on 19 November 2002 in a Manufacturing…
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