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Three More Die

August 20, 2014;

Three more of the Tibetans held in custody in Sichuan Province have died. They died of gunshot wounds sustained when Chinese police fired on peaceful protesters in Shukpa village in Sershul. The protesters have since been held in detention and refused medical treatment. The bodies of the three have been returned to their families. They are: Tsewang Gonpo, 60; Yeshe, 42; and Jinpa Tharchin, 18.

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