Tibetan monk self-immolates to protest Chinese rule
On 15 August 2011, at around 12.30 pm (local time), 29 yrs old monk Tsewang Norbu of Nyitso Monastery in…
Read MoreAnother Kirti monk sentenced to 3 Years; hundreds of Chinese officials deployed in Kirti
According to confirmed information, monk Dhonyoe Dorjee of the Ngaba Kirti Monastery was sentenced to a three years imprisonment term.…
Read MoreKirti monk sentenced to 3 yrs, hundreds of security officials deployed in Kirti
According to confirmed information by TCHRD, Dhonyoe Dorjee, a monk at Kirti Monastery was sentenced to three years’ prison term.…
Read MoreMonk Dorgay of Nagchu Shabten Monastery arrested
On 6 July 2011, Dorgay, a monk of Shabten Monastery in Dickyi Township of Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) County in Tibet…
Read More“Legal education” claim purely propaganda, account for the disappeared
11 June 2011 The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) welcomes the statement by the UN Working Group…
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Tibetan nun beaten and detained for peaceful protest
Jampa Tso, a nun from Badak Phuntsok Choeling Nunnery, located in Drango (Ch: Lhuhuo) County in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) “Tibetan…
Read MoreRebkong students Rise Against Sinicization of Education
On 19 October 2010 in Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren) county in Malho “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” “(TAP)” in Qinghai province, thousands of…
Read MoreTibetan intellectual Gyitsang Takmig released
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) received the news that, Kelsang Tsultrim, pen name Gyitsang Takmig from…
Read MoreNun mentally unstable after torture in detention
A Tibetan nun jailed in May 2008 had become “mentally unsound” after being reportedly tortured in prison and was handed…
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Dissenting Voices (2010): Targeting the Intellectuals Writers and Cultural Figures
The year 2008 marked the largest series of protests against Chinese rule in Tibet since 1959. A vibrant literary and…
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