Arrested Monks Face Dark Days in Chinese Prison
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A report from Voice of Tibet Radio (April 26) stated that communist China has sentenced four Tibetan monks, from Lutsang monastery, near Tsolho in Tibet’s Amdo Province -renamed as Tibet Autonomous [sic] Prefecture, Qinghai Province by China) to two years imprisonment.
The report noted that Chinese security forces arrested 6 monks from the monastery on April 10, 2009. An informed source said that the sentences were given by so-called Mangra County Court on Kalsang Gyatso; 21, Soepa Gyatso; 24, Lungtok Gyatso; 22, and Soepa Gyatso;19.
A bulletin from Phayul reports that:
“ The four were among the 109 monks of Lutsang monastery who carried out a peaceful protest march from Lamo Yongzin Phodrang (spelled as pronounced) to the Mangra county government headquarters on the first day of the Tibetan new year (Losar). All 109 were arrested and given severe patriotic reeducation, say Tibetan rights groups. On March 20, 103 were released and 6 continued to be held in detention. The 6 were released earlier this month. In another incident, two other monks of Lutsang monastery, Thabkhay Gyatso and Kunchok Gyatso, were arrested by the police few days ago. They are said to be currently held at Mangra County.”
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