The Political Prisoners Database is a crucial initiative led by the Department of Security (DoS) in collaboration with the Tibetan Computer Resource Centre (TCRC) to safeguard and digitize decades of records on Tibetan political prisoners records that suffered under peoples Republic of china. Previously maintained as fragile paper-based files, these records were at increasing risk of loss, damage, and inaccessibility.
Key Activities
Assessment and collection o existin paper- based prisoner records
Design and development of a secure digital database system
Data entry, digitization, and validation of prisoner case histories
Collaboration between DoS and TCRC or technical and archival support