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2010

  • Six Family Members Arbitrarily Detained and Sentenced Over Their Activism – 9 July 2010
    • The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) strongly condemns the Chinese authorities’ incomprehensible attack on Karma Samdrup and several members his family. In a span of less than one year, six members (three brothers and three cousins, all male) of a single family have been arrested, sentenced, and reportedly tortured—actions which can only be characterized as official reprisal for their activism. Four of the six are serving prison or “re-education through labor” sentences; at this time the whereabouts and well-being of two others remain unknown.
  • TCHRD commemorates 13th UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – 26 June 2010
    • The United Nations has designated 26 June as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and today marks the 13th anniversary of the day. Attaching importance to this anniversary, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) commemorates the day to stand in solidarity with the victims of torture and recognize the pain and suffering of victims and survivors of torture throughout the world. The day reminds us that torture is a crime and provides us with an opportunity to stand united and voice our opinion against torture, a cruel violation of human rights and human dignity.
  • Lhasa Court sentences one Tibetan to death and five to lengthy prison terms – 26 May 2010
    • Lhasa Intermediate People’s Court sentenced a Tibetan, Sonam Tsering, to death with two years reprieve and five other Tibetans to lengthy imprisonment terms between 3 to 7 years in prison for secretly hiding him from the law enforcement agencies.
  • China arrest six monks in early morning raids in Jomda – 19 May 2010
    • Four monks of Wara Monastery in Thangpu Township, Jomda County (Ch: Jiangda xian) in Chamdo Prefecture, “Tibet Autonomous Region” (‘TAR’) were arrested last Saturday (15 May) under suspicion of leading and instigating protest at the county headquarters in Spring 2008 and two other official monks of the same monastery were arrested on Sunday for their failure to ‘educate’ the monks under ‘Patriotic education’ campaign, according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
  • A lone protester calling for proper allocation of earthquake relief arrested – 3 May 2010
    • An exile Tibetan returnee was arrested yesterday for staging a solo protest in front of Tsuglakhang in Lhasa, according to confirmed information received from reliable source by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
  • Press Statement on the 21st Birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima” the XIth Panchen Lama of Tibet – 25 April 2010
    • 25 April 2010: Today marks the 21st birthday of the XIth Panchen Lama: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, one of Tibet’s most important religious leaders, who was abducted by the Chinese authorities on 17 May 1995 when he was just six years old. He and his parents were not seen for the past 15 years and there has been no clear information on their exact whereabouts and well being. Over the years the Panchen Lama’s plight has come to symbolize the crisis facing the survival of Tibet’s religious culture.
  • More than thirty Tibetan Primary Students detained, one expelled in Sertha County after protest – 15 April 2010
    • Sertha County in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” (‘TAP’) over the past couple of months witnessed at least eight cases of protests by individuals and group against the Chinese government and reports of Tibetans having been detained also emerged from the area. In the latest case, more than thirty students of Khar Primary School in Sertha County were detained by the Chinese security forces following minor stone throwing incident that took place after security forces paraded monks in various places around the county. The names of the monks cannot be confirmed at the moment.
  • China arrests monk after protest in Nyarong County – 13 April 2010
    • Chinese Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials in Nyagrong County (Ch: Xinlong xian), Kardze “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (‘TAP’) in Sichuan Province have arrested a Tibetan monk named Abo Tashi, a 22-year-old of Guru Monastery, for his participation and taking photographs during a protest rally on 8 April 2010, according to information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
  • Tibetan students staged peaceful protest in Machu County – 9 April 2010
    • Tibetan students in Machu County, Kanlho “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” (‘TAP’) in Gansu Province have staged a peaceful protest on 3 April 2010 against the Chinese government sacking their school heads, according to information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) from reliable sources.
  • China arrests protesting teenage monks in Sertha – 8 April 2010
    • Over the past one week, a series of peaceful protests were carried out by Tibetans particularly teenage monks in Sertha County in the traditional Kham region of Tibet resulting in arrests and detention, according to information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
  • Chinese court sentences Serthar monk to lengthy prison term – 25 March 2010
    • A Chinese Intermediate People’s court in Sichuan Province has sentenced a Tibetan monk, who remained incommunicado since his arrest in July 2008, to seven years in prison and deprivation of political rights for a year, according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
  • China arrests three monks, closes school in Qinghai – 19 March 2010
    • Three monks of Ditsa Monastery including a reincarnated lama was arbitrarily arrested and detained by the Chinese security forces under suspicion of their involvement in pasting political pamphlets in the monastery and a school run by the monastery was forcibly closed for unknown reason, according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
  • China detains hundreds of Tibetans in Lhasa under “Strike Hard Campaign” – 5 March 2010
    • With the launch of “Strike Hard” Campaign in the “Tibet Autonomous Region” (‘TAR’) from 2nd March, the Chinese security forces had detained nearly 500 Tibetans alone from Lhasa city alone, according to reports given in the state run web portal.
  • China launches “Strike Hard” Campaign ahead of sensitive anniversary – 3 March 2010
    • The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy(TCHRD) condemns in strongest term over Chinese authorities’ launching of the “Strike Hard” campaign aimed at carrying out further detentions of Tibetans in Tibet as the March anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising approaches.
  • A Tibetan sentenced to suspended death sentence, two others to life and 16 years in prison in Nyarong – 24 February 2010
    • The Kardze Intermediate People’s Court has sentenced three Tibetans from Nyarong County (Ch: Xinlong xian) to varying prison terms, according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
  • TCHRD Releases 2009 Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in Tibet – 22 January 2010
    • Dharamsala: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) releases its 2009 Annual Report: Human Rights Situation in Tibet both in Tibetan and English languages. The annual report focuses on various spheres of human rights violations in Tibet: Civil and Political Liberties, Right to Education, development and Religious freedom.
  • TCHRD condemns China sentencing of Tibetan Filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen – 8 January 2010
    • The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) condemns in strongest term over China’s sentencing of Tibetan Filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen on 28 December 2009. It is not exactly known where his trial took place; however, it was believed that he was tried in a court in Xining, the provincial capital of Qinghai Province, where he had been detained since his arrest. According to Dhondup’s Cousin Gejong Tsetrin living in Switzerland who help distribute the film, the sentence was announced on 28 December 2009.

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