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Punishments for Immolators’ Families

February 14, 2014;

Woeser, a prominent Tibetan writer based in Beijing, said that the Sichuan provincial government had issued guidelines aimed at punishing family members and relatives of Tibetan self-immolators, the official website of the Central Tibetan Administration reported. The guidelines issued last year by the Dzorge County in Kham restricts movements of the family members of self-immolators. Family members are also barred from applying for loans or jobs in the Chinese government for three years.

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