Death 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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Dispossessed: Land and Housing Rights in Tibet
For many years human rights monitors have reported on China’s denial of political and civil freedoms rather than focusing on…
Read MoreTCHRD accreditation rejected
Today the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) was denied accreditation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development…
Read MoreChina attacks TCHRD’s participation in World Summit on Sustainable Development
China has once again objected to the accreditation of the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) to a…
Read MoreStory of Tanak Jigme Sangpo
Tanak Jigme Sangpo, Tibet’s longest serving political prisoner, was reportedly released on medical parole on March 31, 2002, after serving…
Read MoreSmuggled Film Shows Destruction of Serthar Institute
The Tibetan Centre of Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) today screened for the first time a 10-minute documentary showing the…
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Destruction of Serthar Institute: A Special Report
The summer and autumn of 2001 saw the dismantling of the leading centre for Buddhist scholarship and practice on the…
Read MoreChadrel Rinpoche’s fate unknown
Anxiety begin to grip the Tibetans as Chadrel Rinpoche, the 62-year-old former abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery and Head of…
Read MoreDrapchi Prison: Tibet’s most dreaded prison
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) today released a report entitled “Drapchi Prison: Tibet’s Most Dreaded Prison”.…
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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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