CHINA-TIBET: DETENTION OF TIBETAN FOR A REPORT BY TCHRD ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER
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40-year old Shonu Palden, a former Tibetan political prisoner, was summoned by police in Gansu province’s Machu (in Chinese, Maqu) county on December 27 and was questioned for hours about a report published by the Dharamsala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) earlier in the month. Tibetan sources say he has been placed under house arrest by Chinese authorities angered over his contacts with rights groups and media outlets outside the region. The TCHRD report detailed the hardships faced by Palden’s eight-year-old daughter Namgyal Dolma, who has been barred from attending school because of her father’s previous involvement in protests calling for Tibetan freedom from Chinese rule. Chinese police have now “criticized him for spreading word of his case outside the area, and have scolded him severely.” Palden has been accused of harbouring “political motives” for discussing his case with others.
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