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16/03/2020 News

China: Release Tibetan businessman unjustly imprisoned for life and reverse discriminatory verdict

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) demands the immediate release of Dorje Tashi, a Tibetan private entrepreneur currently serving life imprisonment and held in detention since 10 July 2008 in Chushur Prison near Lhasa city, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), in the Tibetan province of U-Tsang.

The Lhasa Intermediate People’s Court had sentenced Dorje Tashi to life imprisonment on 26 June 2010 for allegedly committing “loan fraud”. A decade later, his case is being appealed for the second time on the ground that the verdict itself was wrong and unfair.

20/02/2020 News

China extends grassroots surveillance program for ninth year in a row

Chinese authorities have announced the stationing of more than 20,000 cadres in 5,464 villages as part of the controversial ‘Solidify the Foundation, Benefit the Masses’ (Ch: qianji huimin) campaign in TAR.

02/02/2020 News

January 2020 Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest

The January 2020 publication of Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest includes the following articles: New regulation on ‘national unity’ adopted in TAR raises concerns of accelerated assimilation Grassroots surveillance program extended for…

04/01/2020 Monthly Digest 2019-2020 / News

December Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest monitoring Chinese government media on Tibet

The December 2019 publication of Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest includes the following articles: China rewards 49 monasteries and 4,130 monks and nuns upholding its religious policy TAR Party leaders emphasize opposing separatism on…

20/12/2019 News

Tibetan man criminally detained for phone conversation about Tibetan language education

A Tibetan man was detained in a ‘re-education’ facility for over a month after he was caught conversing on phone with his younger brother about the importance of teaching Tibetan to their children in Dingri (Ch: Tingri) County, Shigatse (Ch: Xigaze) City, Tibet Autonomous Region, in the Tibetan province of U-Tsang.

16/12/2019 News

China: Tibetan anti-graft campaigners sentenced on bogus charges in a show trial

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) strongly condemns the illegal sentencing of Mr A-nya Sengdra, a Tibetan nomad and anti-graft campaigner, to seven years of imprisonment and calls for his…

10/12/2019 News / TCHRD Statements

Human Rights Day 2019: UN member-states must defend universal human rights by protecting civil society voices

On the 71st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) calls on the UN member-states to defend universal human rights by protecting…

05/12/2019 Monthly Digest 2019-2020 / News

November Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest monitoring Chinese government media on Tibet

The November 2019 publication of Monthly Translation and Analyses Digest includes the following articles: Tibetan environmentalist identifies decades of government mismanagement as major cause for degradation of Tibetan grassland Kardze County has 17…

03/12/2019 News

China: Stop land seizures and bride trafficking in Tibetan township in Nyalam County

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has been informed by a reliable source about human rights violations pertaining to land, livelihood and women’s rights in Zurtso (Ch: Suozuo) Township, Nyalam (Ch: Nielamu) County, Shigatse (Ch: Xigaze) Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, in the Tibetan province of U-Tsang.

Local Chinese authorities have been attempting to relocate residents of Zurtso Township to nearby government-built housing facilities for quite sometime. The local authorities claim that the old houses had become unstable due to the tremors felt during the 2015 earthquake that wrought extensive damage on neighbouring Nepal.

03/12/2019 News / TCHRD Statements

TCHRD: Campaign against Gender-Based Violence is a phenomenal success

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) is pleased to announce that the campaign against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) has been overwhelmingly successful. The opening ceremony on 25 November was well attended by the exile Tibetan community in India and others, and everyone was eager to listen and participate. Our guest speakers discussed statistics and stories that were poignant and informative with a highly engaged audience. Our digital campaign, continuing until 10 December, has been an even greater success. The videos of GBV survivors sharing their personal stories went viral with almost 30,000 public engagements with our posts in less than one week.

26/11/2019 News

Tibetan Women #BreakTheSilence: 16 Days Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence launched on International Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) launched the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence at a ceremony held on 25 November in Dharamsala, India. The 16 days campaign will…