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Solo Protest

May 2, 2016;

Lobsang Thubten, believed to be in his 20s and a Tibetan monk from Kirti monastery in Sichuan, has been detained after staging a solo protest in Ngaba town. Radio Free Asia reports a local source as saying “He walked in the road with a photo of the Dalai Lama and called for his long life and for freedom for Tibet”. There is no word of his current whereabouts.

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