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Two Monks Detained

May 3, 2016;

Lakyab and Tsering Gyurme, both monks at the Palyul monastery, were detained for 10 days last month after trying to mediate between a Tibetan and a Han Chinese driver who were in a dispute following a traffic collision in Palyul county in Kardze. Radio Free Asia reports a local source as saying that the monks were severely beaten while in custody.

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