. China News .




.
SINO DAILY
Tibetan monk tortured and imprisoned: rights group
by Staff Writers
Beijing (AFP) Aug 23, 2012


A Tibetan monk was beaten, tortured and imprisoned after his arrest in an area that has become a flashpoint for a wave of protests against Chinese rule, a press freedom group said on Thursday.

Yonten Gyatso, a senior monk and human rights activist in the restive Aba county, in China's southwestern Sichuan province, was sentenced to seven years in prison for spreading information about protests in Tibet, according to Reporters without Borders.

The monk was sentenced on June 18 by Aba Intermediate People's Court, but his family and the news organization that he contributes to only heard about it on Wednesday, the group said.

He is accused of sharing photographs and information about the self-immolation of Tenzin Wangmo, who last October became the first woman to set herself alight as part of the wave of protests, it added.

Yonten Gyatso was arrested at Khashi Gyephel Samtenling monastery in Aba County on October 18, before being taken to a detention centre in Chengdu, the Sichuan provincial capital, the group said.

The organisation claimed he was beaten and tortured by officers from the local State Secrets Bureau.

Nearly 50 ethnic Tibetans, many of them monks and nuns, have set themselves on fire in the local area to protest at what they say is religious repression.

Many Tibetans in China accuse the government of enacting religious repression and eroding their culture, as the country's majority Han ethnic group increasingly moves into historically Tibetan areas.

But China rejects this, saying Tibetans enjoy religious freedom and pointing to huge ongoing investment, which it says has brought modernisation and a better standard of living.

Calls made by AFP to Aba Intermediate People's Court went unanswered.

Related Links
China News from SinoDaily.com




.
.
Get Our Free Newsletters Via Email
...
Buy Advertising Editorial Enquiries




.

. Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.

Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle



SINO DAILY
Canadian body parts victim was Chinese-Canadian: police
Ottawa (AFP) Aug 21, 2012
Canadian police on Tuesday identified a woman whose severed body parts were discovered scattered throughout Toronto as a Chinese-Canadian spa owner and a single mother of three. Guang Hua Liu, 41, was reported missing by friends on August 11, one day after they said they dropped her off outside of her now defunct spa, Inspector George Koekkoek told a televised press conference. She was a ... read more


SINO DAILY
Argentina under fire for protectionism

Asia eyes Brazil's growing consumer market

Record eurozone trade surplus, analysts divided on outlook

Foreign investment in China declines in July

SINO DAILY
$15 million 'gutter oil' court case begins in China

Soybeans Susceptible to Man-Made Materials in Soil

Russia to 'considerably' cut grain exports amid drought

Row escalates over sale of Burgundy estate to Chinese

SINO DAILY
South Sudan's military chief Paulino Matip dies

U.S. AFRICOM wants more guard partnerships

Kenyan, Ugandan troops battle al-Shabaab

S.Africa police say mine killings were self-defence; 34 dead

SINO DAILY
China's Geely H1 profit rises 9% as exports surge

Germans prefer bigger engines: study

US launches test of Wi-Fi to prevent car accidents

American CEO of Czech truck-maker charged in graft case

SINO DAILY
ORNL technology moves scientists closer to extracting uranium from seawater

Glass offers improved means of storing UK's nuclear waste

Japan press mixed on PM meet with anti-nuclear camp

BHP Billiton scraps mega mine expansion

SINO DAILY
Assange demands release of alleged WikiLeaks source Manning

Assange asylum diplomatic row deepens

Computer virus hitting Middle East banks

Hong Kong police body cameras spark fears

SINO DAILY
Taiwan won't work with China in Japan row: Ma

Japan stands firm on China islands dispute

Japan-China dispute: little islands, big problem

Bo Xilai: China's fallen political star

SINO DAILY
Maximum Protection against Dust; Minimal Effort

US Wind Power Market Riding a Wave That Is Likely to Crest in 2012

Wind farms: A danger to ultra-light aircraft?

Off-shore wind power project considered


Memory Foam Mattress Review

Newsletters :: SpaceDaily Express :: SpaceWar Express :: TerraDaily Express :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News

.

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2012 - Space Media Network. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement