Sichuan
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Tibetan monk has been missing for more than a year, following his detention.
According to RFA, a Tibetan monk arrested more than a year ago in western China’s Sichuan province is being held incommunicado, with no word from police regarding his whereabouts or likely trial date. Tenzin Dargye, a monk in his 30s from the Barong monastery in the Sershul (Shiqu) county of Kardze (in Chinese, Ganzi) Tibetan…
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Two Tibetans Have Been Arrested For Celebrating the Dalai Lama’s Birthday
According to RFA’s Tibetan sources, Chinese officials in a Tibetan-populated district of Sichuan have arrested two Tibetans for celebrating exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s 86th birthday this month. According to Golog Jigme, a former political prisoner now living in Switzerland, the duo, Kunchok Tashi and Dzapo, both in their 40s, were apprehended in Kardze…