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Nomads’ ID witheld

November 9, 2014;

Tibetan nomads in northwestern Qinghai province who resist the Chinese government’s forced relocation policy are being stripped of their personal documents. Officials have demanded a 10,000 yuan [$1,633] fine for the return of documents to nomads who refused to move from their traditional grazing grounds to the impoverished relocation settlements, the officials citing “disobedience” and “noncompliance with central government policy”. Nomads are now banned from grazing their traditional pastures.

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