Human Rights Update and Archives

2008

DECEMBER [ html] [ pdf [an error occurred while processing this directive] ]: Chinese court sentences seven Tibetans between 8 years to life [ read ]; Testimony of Labrang Jigme [ read ]; China sentences four Amchok monks in Ngaba County [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; TCHRD screen its documentary video to a group of foreigners [ read ]; Centre briefs press delegations from Russia and Ukraine [ read ]; Professors of Miami Unversity learn about human rights situation in Tibet [ read ]; Centre meets college graduate students during the workshop [ read ]; Class XI students on current human rights situation in Tibet [ read ]; TCHRD releases pictorial calendar [ read ]
November [ html] [ pdf 257K ]: China re-arrests monk who exposed Chinese crackdown to foreign media [ read ]; China sentences 14 Tibetans for March unrest in Tibet [ read ]; Chinese court sentences five Tibetans between 3-10 years imprisonment for Kardze Protests [ read ]; China detains Drakar and Gaden Choeling Nuns in Kardze [ read ]; China arrests four nuns in Kardze protest [ read ]; TCHRD Press Statement on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; TCHRD attends 12th Annual Asian Training and Study Session for Human Rights Defenders (ATSS) in Bangkok [ read ]; Director briefs Denver University students [ read ]; Talk to health staff [ read ]
October [ html] [ pdf 304K ]: A Tibetan AIDS activist disappears in Tibet [ read ]; A former chief of Rong Gonchen Monastery in critical condition [ read ]; Tibetan journalist whereabouts still unknown week after arrest [ read ]; China fires gunshot on peaceful protester in Kardze in Kardze [ read ]; China arrests 55 nuns of Pang-ri Nunnery for protesting [ read ]; China’s legal wrangle of Tibetan popular uprising: A Critique [ read ]; More cases of Enforced and Involuntary Disappearance surfaces from Tibet [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; TCHRD organizes workshop for monks and nuns in Mundgod, South India [ read ]
September [ html] [ pdf 329K ]: Five Ramoche monks missing since April raid [ read ]; Many Tibetans charged with heavy sentences [ read ]; China arrests two young monks of Tehor Tsitsang Monastery in Kardze [ read ]; A Tibetan woman succumbs to torture [ read ]; Profile of a former political prisoner; Biography of political prisoner Lobsang Tenzin [ read ]; 12 monks of Dingri Shelkar Choedhe Monastery arrested for opposing the “Patriotic re-education” campaign [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; TCHRD conducts XVII workshop for monks and nuns [ read ]; Digital Security and Privacy Training for Human Rights Defenders [ read ]
August [ html] [ pdf 298K ]: Olympics and Tibet under a cloud of repression [ read ]; Profile of a former political prisoner; Biography of political prisoner Ngawang Phulchung [ read ]; Testimony by a Tibetan youth in Lhasa [ read ]; China tortures and arrests two nuns of Dargay Hardu Nunnery for peaceful protest [ read ]; China detains at least three Tibetans for peaceful protest in Kardze, Tibet [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; TCHRD releases new documentary video [ read ]; TCHRD talk series [ read ]
July [ html] [ pdf 324K ]: Two months’ ultimatum issued to the Tibetan Communist Party members and government employees to recall their children studying in exile schools [ read ]; China arrests a popular religious figure in Kardze County [ read ]; China arrests three nuns of Tehor Nyagay Nunnery in Kardze [ read ]; A Tibetan nomad shot dead in Amdo Golog, hundreds arrested [ read ]; China jails 17 Tibetans in a “swift and quick” court proceeding [ read ]; A popular Tibetan religious figure, Geshe Sonam Phuntsok, passes away in Kardze [ read ]; Situation extremely tense in Xiahe County, defiant monks in front of media tour disappears [ read ]; Demonstrations in Kardze County [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; TCHRD attends the 1st UN Advocacy Training Session in Bangkok [ read ]; TCHRD talks to Tibetan students from abroad at TCV Summer Camp [ read ]; TCHRD address on workshop [ read ]
June [ html] [ pdf 301K ]: China detains scores of nuns calling for the release of solo protester and critically injures three monks in Kardze Protests [ read ]; TCHRD commemorates 11th UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture [ read ]; Monks detained during Patriotic Education campaign [ read ]; China closes down Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastic School [ read ]; Tensions are High as the Olympic Torch Arrives in Lhasa [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; Jampa Monlam Testifies in Spain’s High Court as the Olympic Games Approach [ read ]; TCHRD talk series [ read ]
May [ html] [ pdf 172K ]: China detains 32 monks in Chushul County [ read ]; China arrests 16 monks for defying "patriotic re-education" [ read ]; Elderly woman brutally beaten during Township meeting [ read ]; Over hundred of monks arrested after a raid in Ngaba Kirti Monastery [ read ]; China arrest over 572 monks from Kirti Monastery in two-day raid [ read ]; In solidarity, Tibetans march with prayers in Tsolho [ read ]; A new phase of defiance: Nuns of Tawu County hold prayer session for those killed in recent crackdown [ read ]; Two monks commit suicide in Amdo Ngaba [ read ]; At least eight shot dead in Tongkor Monastery in Kardze [ read ]; China arrests over 2300 Tibetans in Tibet [ read ]; Tortured monk released in unstable mental condition [ read ]; Around 70 monks of Ramoche Temple detain in midnight raid, whereabouts still unknown [ read ]; Over hundred Tibetans arrested in Rebkong County [ read ]; A Tibetan died of torture in Phenpo County [ read ]; Another Tibetan died of torture [ read ]; Many Tibetans shot dead during the Phenpo crackdown [ read ]
April [ html] [ pdf 223K ]: China launches renewed "Patriotic Education" Campaign across all sections in Tibet [ read ]; Panchen Lama spends his 19th birthday under house arrest [ read ]; Chronology of Peaceful Protest in Tibet since 10 March 2008 [ read ]
March [ html] [ pdf 188K ]: UPRISING IN TIBET-Chronology of Peaceful Protest in Tibet since 10 March 2008 [ read ]
February [ html] [ pdf 208K ]: Monk sentenced to three years term for "inciting masses" [ read ]; Tibetans arrested in Rebkong during Monlam Chenmo [ read ]; A Buddhist shrine under threat of demolition [ read ]; Profile of a political prisoner; Biography of Political Prisoner Dolma Kyab [ read ]; Abbot and five other Tibetans arrested in Golog [ read ]; School for discrimination [ read ]; "Patriotic re-education" campaign forces monks to commit suicide [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; TCHRD conducts workshops on "Democratisation and Local Governance" among Tibetan communities in Darjeeling and Gangtok [ read ]
January [ html ] [ pdf 198K ]: Executive Summary of Annual Report 2007: Human Rights Situation in Tibet [ read ]; TCHRD Activities Bulletin:; TCHRD releases Annual Report 2007: Human Rights Situation in Tibet [ read ]; FOSS Workshop in Dharamsala [ read ]; CSPT pay visit to Centre [ read ]