torture
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Tibetan Woman Unable to Walk After Torture in Prison
Dolkar, a former Tibetan political prisoner from Sershul County in Kardze, eastern Tibet, is bedridden after being tortured and denied medical treatment for nearly a year in prison. For stating the truth about her nephew’s detention, Dolkar was condemned to prison and forced labor.
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Tibetan Monk Released After Serving Five-Year Sentence
According to freetibet.org, Chinese authorities released Gendun Drakpa (Dapaka), a monk from Thangkor Socktsang Monastery in Ngaba (in China’s Sichuan Province) in August 2021 after serving a five-year sentence. After being freed in August 2021, Gendun Dapaka, 45, returned to his house but has since been committed to the hospital due to bad health.
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Tibetan monk’s health has deteriorated since his early release from a 15-year prison sentence.
Thabgey Gyatso was sentenced to 12 years in prison for leading protests in Lhasa in 2008, during which time he was subjected to physical torture. Gyatso, a Sangchu county citizen, was detained during protests in Lhasa in 2008 and convicted to 15 years in prison on May 21, 2009, for leading demonstrators and contacting India-based…