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Arrests in Sog

February 13, 2014;

Four Tibetan monks of Dowa Shartsa Monastery and seven other young Tibetans have been arrested separately in Sog County, Nagchu prefecture. Tsultrim Pelsang, 20, Lobsang Yeshi, 15, Kelsang Dorjee, 23, and Kelsang Jampa, 22, were arrested on February 2 for allegedly “distributing pamphlets for Tibetan independence and destroying government-issued sign boards”. A day later, Sisum Dorje, Lhakpa, Jamyang Gyatso, Dorje, Asang, Margong, and Jigme, all from 15 to 20 years of age, were detained for allegedly writing “Tibet’s independence” on an ice-covered river.

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