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Death in Custody

December 19, 2013;

Ngawang Jamyang, a 45 year-old senior Buddhist master from Driru County, Tibet died while being detained by police, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said in a report. “It was clear that he was beaten to death,” said TCHRD’s source. He was detained with two other monks from Tarmoe Monastery on 23 November whose whereabouts remain unknown.

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