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Sit-in Protest

January 17, 2014;

Around 500 Tibetans staged a silent sit-in protest in Nangchen County, Kyegudo, to demand the release of popular religious leader Khenpo Kartse and other monks detained from Japa Monastery. They ended the protest temporarily after authorities promised to allow the monks in the crowed to visit some of those held. Khenpo Kartse and the monks were detained over a month ago.

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