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Villagers Evicted

July 7, 2017;

Tibetans have been ordered out of their villages in Nara and Dziwa In Pashoe County to make way for a the construction of schools and hospitals. However Radio Free Asia’s source claims the authorities planning to profit by selling the land to Chinese businessmen for commercial development. The villagers are reported as planning to object; in the past standoffs over seizure of land have resulted in violent suppression.

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