
On 19 September, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy submitted a petition concerning the proposal to reform Tibetan electoral system to each chithue (Members of Tibetan parliament-in-exile) ahead of the 4th Session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile. The two-page petition…



A former Tibetan political prisoner named Sonam Gyalpo was released last month after serving a 12-yr prison term at Chushul (Ch: Qushui) Prison located in the west of Lhasa City. Sonam Gyalpo, now…

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) in collaboration with Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) today launched a public awareness campaign to improve and strengthen Tibetan democracy. Through a series of activities…

A senior Tibetan monk was released last Monday after he completed a ten-year prison term for leading a peaceful protest against the arbitrary detention of his uncle by Chinese security forces in Lithang…

西藏一名高级僧人最近服完为期10年的监禁后出狱。他是组织领导和平抗议西藏康区理塘(四川省甘孜州理塘)县中国安全人员任意拘留他的亲属而遭拘捕和判刑的。
现年55岁的鲁波于8月21日当地时间11点左右出狱,根据居住在印度的亲戚阿扎次丹所提供的资料,他到达了理塘县的家中,目前的情况没有更多的信息。在他出狱夜晚拍摄的照片中他与僧侣,家庭成员和其他西藏人在一起,家人和朋友们宴会上表达欢迎鲁波回家。鲁波看上去身体瘦了很多,曾经强壮的男人看起来像是换了一个人。
鲁波在2007年8月21日由理塘县公安局官员任意拘留,因为他公开宣布释放他的亲属荣扎阿嘉。鲁波被单独监禁了三个月之后于2007年11月20日因“勾结国外分裂势力分裂国家和散发政治小册子”而被判处10年徒刑。