Human Rights Update and Archives

2006

December [ pdf ] 290K ]
November [ html ] [ pdf ] 216K ]: Monk sentenced to five years term for distributing political pamphlets [ read ]; Former Tibetan political prisoner served with 12 years prison term [ read ]; Tibetan University Students Stage Protest [ read ]; Official Information Confirms Sentence for Choekyi [ read ]; Tibetan Monks still faces hardship due to Patriotic Re-education [ read ]; Railway, Development and Myth [ read ]; Profile of a former political prisoner; Biography of former political prisoner Lobsang Sherab [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; Training on Strategic Organisational Development to TCHRD [ read ]; TCHRD briefs Students [ read ]; "Electronic Protection" Workshop [ read ]
October [ html ] [ pdf 421K ]: Illegitimate killing on Nangpa La pass by Chinese police [ read ]; Tibetan monk disappears, whereabouts unknown [ read ]; Railway, Development and Myth [ read ]; Profile of a former political prisoner; Biography of former political prisoner Penpa Tsering [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; XVth Workshop on Human Rights and Democracy [ read ]; TCHRD holds press conference in New Delhi [ read ]; TCHRD participates in TPPRC Workshop [ read ]; TCHRD briefs Miss Tibet 2006 contestants [ read ]
September [ html ] [ pdf 192K ]: A Tibetan monk arrested for allegedly displaying pro-independence poster a year ago [ read ]; Panchen Lama's disappearance case highlighted at the United Nations [ read ]; Exiled Tibetans forced to return back [ read ]; One more monk of Kandze arrested [ read ]; Railway, Development and Myth [ read ]; 2006 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom [ Religious ]; Profile of a current political prisoner; Biography of former political prisoner Norbu Dradul [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; Panel Discussion during Democracy Day [ read ]; Talk to Students [ read ]; Media Workshop [ read ]; Screening of Movie [ read ]; Workshop in Mundgod [ read ]; Workshop in Dalhousie [ read ]
August [ html ] [ pdf 192K ]: Lone Tibetan monk stages demonstration in Lhasa Barkhor street [ read ]; Railway: A Tool of Cultural Genocide [ read ]; A letter by Tibetan writer serving ten year prison term [ read ]; Testimony of Phuntsok Nyidron before human rights expert body [ read ]; Rinchen Sangpo, a writer disappeared [ read ]; "Patriotic re-education" and fate of monk [ read ]; China refutes the charges of jailing Dolma Kyab [ read ]; Profile of a current political prisoner; Biography of former political prisoner Phuntsok Tsering [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; Talk series by TCHRD staff during NED mini grant workshops [ read ]; TCHRD attends congratulatory ceremony of Kalon Tripa [ read ]; Meeting with Indian journalists [ read ]; HBF Asia Director visits TCHRD [ read ]
July [ html ] [ pdf 246K ]: Commentary manuscript lands Tibetan youth 10 years in prison [ read ]; Unfavourable education policies compels Tibetan girls into prostitution [ read ]; Lhundrup Sangmo, one of the "Drapchi 14 singing nuns" in exile [ read ]; One died, two lost while fleeing into exile [ read ]; EP President remains concerned about Tibet at the end of China visit [ read ]; EU condemns China on abuses of human and religious rights in Tibet [ read ]; Detained protesters released [ read ]; Tibetan sentenced to four years for carrying small Tibetan National Flag [ read ]; Profile of a current political prisoner; Biography of former political prisoner Lhade Namloyag [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; TCHRD releases the prison diary of former political prisoner Banza [ read ]; Briefing to a group of American students [ read ]; Talk to Tibetan Transit School Students [ read ]
June [ html ] [ pdf 238K ]: China releases Nyima Choedon serving ten years prison term [ read ]; TCHRD Commemorates International Day Against Torture [ read ]; Five years for Chanting "Free Tibet" [ read ]; Patriotic re-education Campaign in Podo Nunnery [ read ]; Nepal finally resumes issuing 'Exit Permit' to Tibetans [ read ]; Yahoo! worst offender in censorship tests on search engines [ read ]; Five Tibetans allegedly detained for leafleting [ read ]; Google’s founder admits mistake on China’s demands [ read ]; Profile of a current political prisoner; Biography of former political prisoner Ven. Rigzin Choenyi [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; Talk series by "singing nuns" in and around Dharamsala [ read ]; Briefing to American Law Students [ read ]; Talk by TCHRD staff at NED mini grant Workshop [ read ]; Appointment of New Chairman [ read ]; Core Group Meeting [ read ]; Talk to Fulbright Student [ read ]
May [ html ] [ pdf 759K ]: World’s Chief Human Rights abuser won seat in newly formed UN Human Rights Council [ read ]; People’s Republic of China high on renewing campaigns against peaceful Tibetan dissidents [ read ]; Phuntsok Nyidron Receives Reebok Award for Human Rights [ read ]; Panchen Lama case discussed by UN group [ read ]; Tibetans warned against taking part in Saka Dawa Prayer Ceremonies [ read ]; US Commission sees "no change" in China’s religion policy [ read ]; Bird flu outbreak reported in Qinghai Province and "TAR" [ read ]; Profile of a current political prisoner; "Drapchi singing nun" Rinzin Choekyi arrives in exile [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; Evaluation on the functioning of TCHRD [ read ]; Voice Of Tibet (VOT) Media Workshop [ read ]; Publication of Annual Report 2005 in Tibetan Language [ read ]; HRIC meeting with staff of TCHRD [ read ]
April [ pdf 178K ]
March [ html ] [ pdf 87K ]: Phunstok Nyidron arrives in the U.S. days ahead of President Hu’s visit [ read ]; A monk scholar sentenced to four years prison term for talking about Tibetan culture [ read ]; Several high profile political prisoners incarcerated in the newly constructed Prison in Chushul County [ read ]; An exile returnee nun detained, shown pictures of her participating in a peace march in India [ read ]; Local Tibetans in Pelwar and Sog County continues to protest against mining activities in the area [ read ]; Tibetans detained for calling a ban on clothes made from animal skins [ read ]; Human Rights Watch concerned at the Tibetan detainees held since the burning of a slaughter house in August 2005 [ read ]; Profile of a current political prisoner; Biography of former political prisoner Lobsang [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; European Parliament Tibet Intergroup delegation visits Dharamsala [ read ]; A meeting with delegates from South Tyrol Autonomous Region [ read ]; A Meeting with a Group of Chinese Experts [ read ]; Resource talk and workshop [ read ]
February [ html ] [ pdf 164K ]: Newly arrived former political prisoner speaks of police brutality [ read ]; Tibetan released blinded from prison [ read ]; Tibetans given prison term for demanding Beijing Olympics be called off [ read ]; Education in Tibet remains grim [ read ]; Profile of a current political prisoner; Biography of former political prisoner Ven. Gyaltsen Ngodrup [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; TCHRD releases Annual Report 2005: Human Rights Situation in Tibet [ read ]
January [ html ] [ pdf 469K ]: Internet corporates lending an evil hand in China [ read ]; European Parliament resolution deplores the Chinese authorities' crackdown on Drepung sit-in protest [ read ]; TCHRD press statement on International Human Righs Day [ read ]; Tibetan refugees continue to face hardships while on transit through Nepal [ read ]; Profile of a current political prisoner; Biography of former political prisoner Ven. Ngawang Dorjee [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; 14th TCHRD human rights and democracy workshop at the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture, Auroville [ read ]