Three Lives and A Song: Disappearance of Panchen Lama
Today marks the 18th year of Tibet’s XIth Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima’s disappearance into Chinese custody. One of the…
Read More‘Weakness of the Oppressor’ : Leaked document exposes psychological traumas faced by Chinese armed police in Tibet
TCHRD has received a Chinese language copy of a manual published by the Sichuan Provincial Political Department of the People’s…
Read MoreNyatso Zilkar monk in poor health after imprisonment
An imprisoned monk from the restive Nyatso Zilkar Monastery in Trindu (Ch: Chenduo) County, Jyekundo (Ch: Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture…
Read More“They treat us like animals”
Tashi Rabten (pen name: Theurang) is a Tibetan writer, poet and editor who is serving a four-year sentence in Mianyang…
Read MoreFreedom at last? : Released from 25 years’ imprisonment, former longest-serving Tibetan political prisoner under surveillance
Tibet’s longest-serving known political prisoner, Lobsang Tenzin, was released last month after completing his 18-yr term in Chushul Prison in…
Read MoreTwo Tibetan monks die of self-immolation protest
Despite extreme measures implemented by the Chinese authorities to crack down on self-immolation protests, burning protests in Tibet continue unabated…
Read MoreTibet’s Stolen Spiritual Leader Turns 24: China must end enforced disappearance of Tibet’s Panchen Lama
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Tibet’s XIth Panchen Lama, one of the most important Tibetan spiritual leaders, turns 24 today under house…
Read MoreChabcha student protesters sentenced up to four years
Eight Tibetan students have been sentenced to varying prison terms for “illegally holding demonstration” last year by the Chabcha (Ch:…
Read MoreThree Tibetans sentenced to prison for ‘inciting separatism’
China has sentenced three Tibetans to prison on charges of ‘incitement to split the country’, reported the official Qinghai People’s…
Read MorePressure mounts on Labrang Monastery after expulsion order
Chinese authorities in Gansu Province last year issued an order to expel monks who had come from Tibetan areas outside…
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