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Dharamshala: The UN, EU & Human Rights Desk, DIIR has learned about the death of another former Tibetan political prisoner from prolonged illness due to life-threatening torture sustained in Chinese prison. Tsering Bhakdro, 51, died on 26th April at his native place in Lhasa after a prolonged illness due to physical torture he endured during his long term sentence in the Chinese prison. More

Dharamshala: A former Tibetan political prisoner named Gendun Sherab has passed away in Tibet due to torture injuries sustained in Chinese custody. He is believed to have died on 18 April. More

Dharamshala: A 45-year-old Tibetan man was arrested and detained from Shigatse (Ch: Rikaze Prefecture) by Chinese police officers around 8 March this year on his return home from a business trip to Tibet’s capital Lhasa. More

Dharamshala: A Tibetan man formerly detained and tortured for singing the Tibetan national anthem in April 2016, Pema Wangchen from Karze, passed away last Friday at a hospital in the Chinese city of Chengdu, Sichuan province. According to reports, on 26 April around noon, Pema Wangchen died from prolonged illness sustained through torture suffered while in Chinese police custody three years ago. More

  -Filed by UN, EU and Human Rights Desk, DIIR, CTA Dharamshala: Choekyi, a Tibetan monk from Phugu Monastery, Serta (Ch: Seda) from Sichuan Province arrested in 2015 for celebrating His Holiness Dalai Lama's 80th birthday was released due to his critical health condition, as per our source. More

Geneva: A week before the UN Human Rights Council opens its 2017 session, with China starting a new three-year term, Human Rights Defender, escaped Activist and niece of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, Nyima Lhamo addressed the 9th Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy’s session on “the Fight For Freedom and Democracy. More