Tibetan writer sentenced to 5 yrs in prison for writing book on self-immolation
Gartse Jigme, monk and writer, sentenced to five years in prison By branding Dalai Lama as their enemy and neglecting the demands of self-immolators, they have shown that they consider more than 99%...
View ArticleMy words are not tainted by lies and deception: Gartse Jigme
Gartse Jigme, monk and writer, sentenced to five years in prison Imprisoned Tibetan monk and writer Gartse Jigme in a heartfelt appeal calls on the Chinese government to reach out to His Holiness the...
View ArticleChina implements measures to appoint political monks in guise of spiritual...
New measures to control Buddhist monastic teachers were approved during the second session of the eighth council of Buddhist Association of China on 25 November 2012. In the past weeks, there has been...
View ArticleChina tightens the screw after shooting Tibetan worshippers in Tawu
Armed police making their way down to beat, teargas and shoot Tibetans who had come to celebrate Dalai Lama’s birthday. China has launched a crackdown on local Tibetans who had organised a religious...
View ArticleMandela legacy continues to inspire Tibetans
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s meeting with Mandela in 1996 in South Africa. (Photo: ANC Archives) Nelson Mandela passed away on 5 December 2013. His state funeral on Sunday, 15 December is a time for...
View ArticleSenior Buddhist scholar arrested as repression escalates in restive Tibetan...
Senior Tibetan Buddhist scholar Tenzin Lhundrup arrested and disappeared in May 2014. A senior Tibetan monk who is an accomplished Buddhist scholar was arbitrarily arrested and disappeared in May 2014...
View ArticleTCHRD releases memoir of former Tibetan political prisoner
Cover of the memoir “Raising the Tibetan National Flag in Rebkong”. Inside cover shows a photo of the author. TCHRD is pleased to announce the launch of a memoir of a former Tibetan political prisoner...
View ArticleSouth Africa should stand with Dalai Lama and Tibetan political prisoners
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s meeting with Mandela in 1996 in South Africa. (Photo: ANC Archives) On 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Vester Prison. He spent 27 years in...
View ArticleTibetan man dies of self-immolation protest amid heightened repression
SWAT team with full riot gear performs drills to intimidate local Tibetans A Tibetan man from Khangsar township in Tawu (Ch: (Daofu) County in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan...
View ArticleTCHRD concerned over detention of Tibetan man for celebrating Dalai Lama’s...
Photos like this of Tibetans celebrating Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday in Tibet have been shared on microblogging sites and voice messaging services. Almost two weeks before the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday...
View ArticleTibetan woman, 20, detained in connection with Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday
Tashi Kyi On 2 July 2015, a 20-year-old Tibetan woman was arbitrarily detained by local Chinese police in connection with the 80th birthday celebration of the Dalai Lama in Meuruma Township in Amdo...
View ArticleSolo Tibetan protesters calling for Dalai Lama’s return sentenced to prison
Chinese authorities have intensified crackdown on solo Tibetan protesters as information from Tibet confirms the sentencing of two monks and detention of two others in Ngaba County in Ngaba (Ch: Aba)...
View ArticleChina jails Tibetans for celebrating Dalai Lama’s birthday: Nine Tibetans get...
Drukdra Chinese authorities have sentenced nine Tibetans to varying terms of six to 14 years in connection with the 80th birthday celebration of the Nobel Peace laureate and Tibetan spiritual leader...
View ArticleChinese police beat and detain Tibetan teen protester
An undated photo of Tenpa An 18 year-old Tibetan youth was beaten up and taken to an undisclosed location by local Chinese police after he staged a solo protest last Friday in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) County...
View ArticleChina: Stop violating right to freedom of religion and belief of Tibetans
Directive issued by Dechen County Police and Government Chinese authorities issued two separate directives last month to prohibit the Tibetan monastic community and the general public from...
View ArticleChina jails Tibetans for celebrating Dalai Lama’s birthday: Nine Tibetans get...
Drukdra Chinese authorities have sentenced nine Tibetans to varying terms of six to 14 years in connection with the 80th birthday celebration of the Nobel Peace laureate and Tibetan spiritual leader...
View ArticleChinese police beat and detain Tibetan teen protester
An undated photo of Tenpa An 18 year-old Tibetan youth was beaten up and taken to an undisclosed location by local Chinese police after he staged a solo protest last Friday in Ngaba (Ch: Aba) County...
View ArticleChina: Stop violating right to freedom of religion and belief of Tibetans
Directive issued by Dechen County Police and Government Chinese authorities issued two separate directives last month to prohibit the Tibetan monastic community and the general public from...
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