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Driru Arrests

November 25, 2013;

Twelve Tibetans have been released after paying bail. They were among the fifteen arrested earlier this month after protesting against China’s order to fly the Chinese national flag from their roofs in Driru County. The other three, Sarkyi, 49; Tsophen, 41; and Gapuk, 41; are still being detained, sources said. On November 12, another Tibetan woman, Thinlay Palmo, 32, was arrested from Driru County.

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