China - Authorities openly threaten those who circulate information with “torture”

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the policy of terror openly pursued by the Chinese authorities in Gan Lho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘南藏族自治州) in the northwestern province of Gansu, where the police have posted notices in public places in which “criminals” who circulate certain views and information are threatened with “beating” and “torture” (རྡུང་རྡེག). The existence of the notices was revealed by Tibet Post International, a Tibetan news website based in Dharamsala, in northern India. The site (...)

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