Tibetan nomads sent to labor camps for politically sensitive material on cell phones

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Tibetan nomads sent to labor camps for politically sensitive material on cell phones

February 16, 2022;

-Radio Free Asia The detentions come amid increased surveillance of Tibetans in and around Drago county. Authorities in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region are detaining more nomadic Tibetans in Drago county and sending them to labor camps for having content deemed politically inappropriate on their cell phones, people with knowledge of the situation said. “Many Tibetans…

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