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Three Tibetans Detained

May 1, 2019;

Four Tibetans in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture were detained for reciting prayers and shouting slogans calling for the release of the Panchen Lama who was abducted by the Chinese government in 1995. Wangchen, 20, shouted slogans and Lobsang, Yonten and a disabled person with them were arrested as his accomplices, reports Radio Free Asia. The three are still held while the physically disabled person who is unable to speak was released.

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