Drapchi Prison: Tibet’s Most Dreaded Prison
The year 1998 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Ironically, in Drapchi…
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Enforcing Loyalty: Annual Report 2000 (TCHRD)
The latest Annual Report by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has been released today. Enforcing Loyalty is a comprehensive…
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Impoverishing Tibetans: China’s Flawed Economic Policy in Tibet
The recurrent theme, which appears in the official Chinese discourse on Tibet, is that of development and growth. Very often…
Read More29 Tibetan tour guides dismissed
Some 29 Tibetan tour guides from Shigatse Prefecture Tourist Travel Agency in Lhasa were reportedly dismissed from their jobs on 1…
Read MoreExpulsion of Monks in a Bon Monastery
Fifteen monks, including 12 juveniles and three elderly monks above the age of 65, were expelled from Yungtrung Peri Monastery…
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TCHRD releases Annual Report 2000: Tightening the Control
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) today released its annual report entitled “Tibet: Tightening of Control” on…
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Tales of Terror: Torture in Tibet
Torture against Tibetan political prisoners has been used as a method of repression since the Chinese occupied Tibet in the…
Read MoreDrepung monk Ngawang Samphel re-arrested
A Tibetan monk from Drepung monastery in Lhasa, Ngawang Samphel (33), was arrested in early April 1999 for suspicion of…
Read MoreTCHRD doubts China’s sincerity in signing ICCPR
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) welcomes China’s signing of the International Covenant on Civil and Political…
Read MoreOver 3,993 monks and nuns expelled: religious repression continues in Tibet
In its recently released report entitled “Closing the Doors: Religious Repression in Tibet”, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and…
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