Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy

Human Rights Update and Archives

2007

December [ html] [ pdf 183K]
TCHRD press statement on Human Rights Day  [ read ]
Two political prisoners come into exile  [ read ]
EP’s China resolution on human rights in Tibet  [ read ]
Resolution passed by the European Parliament:  [ read ]
China detain monks from Phelka Monastery  [ read ]
Official lies create tension in Nyagchu County  [ read ]
Tibetan writer awarded Freedom of Speech Medal  [ read ]
TCHRD Activities Bulletin:
The Executive Director briefs TPPRC workshop participants  [ read ]
Two former Political Prisoners shared their ordeal to visiting students  [ read ]
TCHRD set up book distribution stall on Human Rights Day  [ read ]
TCHRD briefs Denver University students  [ read ]

November [ html] [ pdf 783K]
Ronggye A’drak and others sentenced to lengthy prison terms between three to ten years  [ read ]
Chinese authorities closes down Pangsa Monastery in Tibet  [ read ]
Commercialization of a holy pilgrimage site  [ read ]
Forcing silence in Tibet as Dalai Lama receives US Congressional Gold Medal  [ read ]
Mining and construction of a highway road in Gansu Province  [ read ]
Unemployment woes for young educated Tibetans  [ read ]
New Restrictions for Tibetan civil servants in Tibet  [ read ]
TCHRD Activities Bulletin:
TCHRD presents talk to legal students  [ read ]
TCHRD distributes publication  [ read ]
TCHRD meets the vice President of EU Parliament  [ read ]
TCHRD participates Active Non-Violence Workshop  [ read ]
TCHRD briefs international students  [ read ]
Jampa Monlam addresses Sherab Gatsel Lobling School  [ read ]
Training Program  [ read ]
TCHRD attends seminar to commemorate the 50 years in exile  [ read ]

October [ html] [ pdf 517K]
Freedom at last after 18 years- China releases Ngawang Phulchung  [ read ]
China steps up vigilance and control in Tibet prior to Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony for the Dalai Lama  [ read ]
Ronggye A’drak indicted by the Chinese court  [ read ]
Two Tibetans arrested in Lithang after “Patriotic Education” Campaign  [ read ]
A Statue of Guru Rinpoche demolished and construction of another suspended in Tibet  [ read ]
Nangpala Revisited- Shooting left nine Tibetans missing and three arrests  [ read ]
TCHRD Activities Bulletin:
Assistant Director attends Geneva UNHRC meeting  [ read ]
TCHRD briefs South Tyrol Parliamentarians  [ read ]
TCHRD briefs the British Parliamentarians  [ read ]
TCHRD interacts with the delegates of Human Rights Law Network  [ read ]
TCHRD attends conference on combating torture  [ read ]
TCHRD attends annual ATSS 2007 in Bangkok  [ read ]

September [ html] [ pdf 873K]
TCHRD deplores China’s new religious measures on reincarnation  [ read ]
China conducts massive Patriotic Education Campaign in Lithang  [ read ]
A former political prisoner comes to India  [ read ]
Restriction in Golog Tongkyab Monastery  [ read ]
Tibetan boys missing after graffiti calling for the Dalai Lama’s return  [ read ]
A Tibetan music teacher arrested in Lithang  [ read ]
Tibetans arrested in Sog, Nagchu County  [ read ]
TCHRD Activities Bulletin:
TCHRD XVIth Workshop on Human Rights and Democracy  [ read ]
TCHRD organised a Panel discussion on Tibetan Democracy Day  [ read ]
The Executive Director attends WFDA Conference in Philippines  [ read ]

August [ html] [ pdf 373K]
A Tibetan arrested in Lithang for political demonstration  [ read ]
China arrest two Tibetan women for expressing support for Trulku Tenzin Delek in Lithang  [ read ]
Ronggye A’drak’s fate remains uncertain  [ read ]
China arrest three nephews of Ronggye A’drak in Lithang  [ read ]
Tibetan people in Lhasa reel under influx of Chinese migrants  [ read ]
Vigilance and restric-tion stepped up in and around Lhasa City  [ read ]
The Chinese authorities transfer Adruk Lopoe to an unknown location, arrest another Tibetan nomad  [ read ]
TCHRD Activities Bulletin:
The Executive Director greets Tibetan hunger strikers  [ read ]
The Executive Director addresses protest rally  [ read ]
Assitant Director gives a talk at LTCV School  [ read ]
TCHRD gives a talk to Trichy college students  [ read ]

July [ html] [ pdf 492K]
China intensifies restriction in Trulku Tenzin Delek’s Monastery  [ read ]
China releases a Tibetan Political Prisoner, Thupten Yeshi, upon completion of 15 Years’ term  [ read ]
Commotion between two communities lead to arrest of 30 Tibetans  [ read ]
Foreign Journalists Face Restrictions in Reporting from China  [ read ]
Confrontation between Huis Chinese Traders and Tibetans in Sog County, Nagchu  [ read ]
Creation of New Socialist Countryside bringing havoc to the traditional nomadic lifestyle  [ read ]
The Chinese authorities ordered festival-goers to wear fur or face fines  [ read ]
UN Secretary General silent on Tibet question  [ read ]
Tibetan literary website closed down by Chinese authorities  [ read ]
Human Rights Commission Chairman highlights Human Rights abuses in Tibet  [ read ]
TCHRD Activities Bulletin:
HBF pays visit to TCHRD  [ read ]

June [ html] [ pdf 310K]
Colossal Guru Rinpoche's statue demolished in Tibet: China's new religious affairs regulations for "TAR" entered into force  [ read ]
Grand Celebration of incense burning rituals in Tibet  [ read ]
A farmer released after serving 15 years in Prison  [ read ]
Tibetans clash with Chinese over mining activities  [ read ]
TCHRD commemorates the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture  [ read ]
The Impoverishment of Tibetan Nomads  [ read ]
China intensified its crackdown in Tibet after journalists’ visit  [ read ]
Tibetan teens forcibly taken for propaganda indoctrination  [ read ]
A group of International associations made demands before the 2008 Olympic  [ read ]
Historic Resolution on Tibet passed in Mongolia  [ read ]
TCHRD Activities Bulletin:
TCHRD talk series  [ read ]
TCHRD attends fifth session of the UN Human Rights Council  [ read ]
TCHRD recruits new staff  [ read ]
Two TCHRD staff resign  [ read ]

May [ html] [ pdf 179K ]
China intensifies prohibition of religious activities in Tibet during the holy month of Saka Dawa  [ read ]
Tibetan website of TCHRD is now available online  [ read ]
New restrictions on foreigners traveling in Tibet  [ read ]
200 Tibetan Nomads evicted from their land by Chinese authorities  [ read ]
Lack of opportunity in education drives Tibetan into exile  [ read ]
Dungkyab Monastery Abbot forced to step down  [ read ]
Chinese Leadership attacks Dalai Lama and vows to tighten control over Tibet  [ read ]
Two foreign reporters warned by China for their writing on Tibet  [ read ]
French Parliamentarians presented declaration on Tibet  [ read ]
China walked out on ‘EU-China experts’ Seminar on Human Rights  [ read ]
German’s Parliaments adopts resolution on Tibet  [ read ]
TCHRD Activities Bulletin:
Assistant Director spoke on Panchen Lama issue  [ read ]
Executive Director addressed the candlelight vigil  [ read ]
TCHRD attends VthTSG Conference  [ read ]

April [ html] [ pdf 129K ]
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima the XIth Panchen Lama turns 18: Still missing  [ read ]
Former Chushul Prisoner Arrives in Exile  [ read ]
The rural reconstruction campaign in Tibet against the will and wishes of the residents  [ read ]
New Minority Report on China slams its exclusion and marginalisation policies  [ read ]
Google now censors China criticism in U.S.  [ read ]
Liechtenstein Parliament Adopts Tibet Resolution  [ read ]
Second Nangpa La captive managed to escape into exile  [ read ]
Four Free Tibet Activist Protest at Mt Everest Base Camp  [ read ]
TCHRD Activities Bulletin:
Talk to Lower TCV students  [ read ]
Commemoration of 18th birthday of the XIth Panchen Lama  [ read ]
Talk regarding the situation of political prisoners  [ read ]
TCHRD set up book distribution stall  [ read ]

March [ html] [ pdf 315K]
One detained during incense burning incident  [ read ]
Tibetan political prisoners continue to live under deplorable condition  [ read ]
Panchen Lama’s Disappearance Case raised in UN Human Rights Council  [ read ]
Violations of religious freedom still continuing in Tibet  [ read ]
Nancy Pelosi commemorate Tibetan National Uprising  [ read ]
UN Expert calls China to make public the result of Nangpa killing  [ read ]
Nancy Pelosi commemorate Tibetan National Uprising  [ read ]
Three years sentences for possesing CDs  [ read ]
Profile of a former political prisoner
Biography of former political prisoner Kalsang Thutop  [ read ]
TCHRD Activities Bulletin:
TCHRD releases 2006 Annual and Topical Reports  [ read ]
TCHRD attends UN Human Rights Council meeting at Geneva  [ read ]
TCHRD releases new prisoner report  [ read ]

February [ pdf 286K ]

January [ html ] [ pdf 245K ]
Executive Summary - Annual Report 2006: Human Rights Situation in Tibet  [ read ]
EU Arm Embargo on China to Stay  [ read ]
China Detain a Tibetan for Saving lives of Sheep  [ read ]
Human Rights Watch Report Critical of China  [ read ]
Two Monks of Tashilhunpo Monastery Detained  [ read ]
TCHRD Activities Bulletin:
Phuntsok Nyidron visits TCHRD  [ read ]
Ngawang C.Drakmargyapon Briefs Tibetan NGOs  [ read ]
Assistant Director Spoke at Youth Leadership Training  [ read ]