“I grew up largely in communities where not many people knew about Tibet or the situation in Tibet. I was only 13 years old when I walked into school one day and in…
Our dissenting hero for this week, Tenzin Khando, believes that it should be the rights of every individual of any country to be able to challenge, to be able to question and to…
“The first time I actually noticed being kind of restrained for being a Tibetan in Nepal was when I wore that Free Tibet t-shirt or a jacket that had a Tibetan national flag…
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has been informed by reliable sources that two Tibetans had been sentenced early last month on the charges of ‘inciting state subversion’ and ‘sharing…
“The right to protest is a fundamental human right. The reason we protest is to protect human rights. We protest because we are discontented.” Our #dissentinghero of the week, Sonam Wangdue, is a…
The government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) claimed in a September 2019 white paper that it had “continuously strengthened the rule of law for human rights” by “uphold[ing] law-based governance, law-based…
Our dissenting hero for this week, Drew Pavlou, believes that the protection and promotion of human rights should be a concern of all and that we must always raise our voices against injustices…
“Growing up, Tibetan National uprising day remains a very special day in my psyche. It not only reminded me of why our elders escaped into exile. They fought the fight there and they…
“It is high time that we create a strong global coalition amongst Tibetans, East Turkistan, Mongolians, Taiwanese, and Hong Kongers to make a collective effort and work for a greater cause and then…
A man dies when he refuses to stand up for what is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to stand up…
“In Tibet or in East Turkistan, we can see that a peaceful protest often leads to the disappearance of the protesters, they would get threatened, harassed, beaten, put into jail or just get…