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“Re-education” Campaign

December 12, 2013;

Tibetans in Driru County are being forced to undergo a mass “mental re-education” campaign that the Chinese authorities are carrying out in the restive area. Sources told the Voice of America that Chinese authorities have targeted three monasteries, locked them down and detained at least 11 monks. Local Tibetans who are studying outside of the Tibetan Autonomous Region were told to return.

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