By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 4 June: The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) released its Annual Human Rights Report 2025 and Religious Freedom Report 2012-2025 today, warning that Chinese authorities are increasingly exercising control over occupied Tibet through institutionalised legal and administrative mechanisms that affect religion, education, language rights and civic freedoms.

Presenting the findings at a press conference held at TCHRD’s office in Dharamsala, the organisation said Beijing’s governance of occupied Tibet is increasingly characterised by the integration of political control into state institutions and regulatory frameworks, moving beyond overt political suppression while continuing to restrict fundamental freedoms.

The Annual Human Rights Report examines five key areas: freedom of religion and belief, arbitrary detention and torture, education and language rights, the right to peac...