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Monk Detained

August 11, 2022;

Tseta, 25, a Tibetan monk, was detained for about seven months and subject to beatings and torture, reports the Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. Tseta was detained for taking and sharing photographs of the self-immolation protest of the nomad Tenzin Sherab, 33 in May 2013 in Chumarleb County, in Kham. News surrounding these events has emerged recently, TCHRD reports that this nomad community was under great strain due to China’s resettlement policy.

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