China: Free Tibetans Unjustly Imprisoned

Expand Personal photo of Jampel Wangchuk, senior monk and disciplinarian at Drepung Loseling, obtained by the Central Tibetan Administration Department of Security. Date unknown. © Central Tibetan Administration Department of Security (New York) – Chinese authorities should immediately release Tibetan monks and other peaceful critics arbitrarily imprisoned since the March 2008 protests across the Tibetan plateau, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing a new compilation of about 80 cases. There has been no information regarding some of the prisoners’ whereabouts, wellbeing, or charges…

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