China - Four monks arrested at Dokar monastery for photographing self-immolation

Reporters without borders

The Chinese authorities have again raided a Tibetan monastery in order to arrest monks for circulating information about self-immolation protests. This time the target was Dokar monastery in Hezuo (Tsoe in Tibetan), in the western province Gansu. Following the self-immolations of Sangay Gyatso on 6 October and Tamdin Dorjee on 13 October, the police swooped on Dokar monastery on 17 October and arrested four Tibetan months – Jigme Gyatso, Kalsang Gyatso, Kunchok Gyatso and Tashi Gyatso – for (...)

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