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Picnickers Assaulted

August 29, 2017;

A group of Tibetan villagers enjoying a picnic on their own land near Gorum village in Draggo in Sichuan were searched and assaulted by a group of around 30 Chinese police. When the village head questioned their actions he and the rest of the Tibetans were beaten.Ten people were injured and hospitalised, including an elderly man.  An appeal has been launched but no response is reported to date.

 

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