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Villagers Beaten

September 13, 2014;

Dozens of Tibetan villagers were detained and beaten in northwestern China’s Qinghai province last month. The police intervened in violent clashes over grazing rights between two village groups in Rebgong county in the Malho in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The assault left many badly hurt, none of the injured received medical treatment, and restrictions on the movements of Tibetans make it access to medical aid difficult.

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