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 Unit for Hydro-Electricity Power...
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 economic issues. In return,...
TCHRD accreditation rejected
Today the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) was denied accreditation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) at the 4th...
China 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 world conference. TCHRD has...
Story 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 more than three decades...
Smuggled 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 massive destruction of Serthar...
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 Tibetan plateau. In the...
Chadrel 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 the Search Committee to...
Drapchi 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". The 70-page report provides...
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 Prison the same year,...
