{"id":11973,"date":"2021-01-23T00:45:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T00:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=153762"},"modified":"2021-01-23T00:45:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T00:45:19","slug":"tibetan-monk-dies-after-beatings-torture-in-chinese-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/23\/tibetan-monk-dies-after-beatings-torture-in-chinese-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan Monk Dies After Beatings, Torture in Chinese Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 19 year-old Tibetan monk has died of injuries sustained from beatings and torture in a Chinese prison in Sichuan\u2019s Kardze prefecture after being released in a comatose state by his jailers, Tibetan sources say.<\/p>\n

Tenzin Nyima, also called Tamey, was detained in August 2020 after distributing leaflets and shouting slogans calling for Tibetan independence, and died on Tuesday in Kardze\u2019s (in Chinese, Ganzi\u2019s) Dartsedo (Kangding) county, a Tibetan living in India told RFA on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Nov. 12, 2020 we learned that he had been admitted to a hospital in Dartsedo for treatment,\u201d RFA\u2019s source said, speaking on condition of anonymity and citing source in the Kardze area. \u201cThen, on Jan. 19, he returned home from the hospital in a weak physical condition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he had been tortured and mistreated inside the prison, which led to his paralyzed state and critical condition of health, RFA\u2019s source said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of bans in India now on Chinese social media apps, which were our usual means of getting information out of Tibet, we\u2019re not able to get more information now about Tamey following his death,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Tenzin Nyima, a monk in Kardze\u2019s Dza Wonpo monastery, was arrested with four other monks on Nov. 7, 2019 after they held a peaceful protest outside a local police station \u201cin which they threw leaflets in the air, calling for Tibet\u2019s independence,\u201d the London-based Free Tibet advocacy group said in a Jan. 22 press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cTenzin Nyima was released in May 2020 but arrested again on 11 August 2020 for sharing the news of his arrest and contacting Tibetans in exile in India,\u201d Free Tibet said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTenzin\u2019s killing is emblematic of the brutality of China\u2019s occupation of Tibet and flagrant disregard for human life,\u201d Free Tibet\u2019s Campaign and Advocacy Manager John Jones said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moment Tenzin Nyima was detained he was placed at the mercy of the police. It was effectively a death sentence.”<\/p>\n

In a statement Friday, the Washington D.C.-based advocacy group International Campaign for Tibet called for an independent investigation into Tenzin Nyima\u2019s death, calling it \u201cpart of a pattern of torture and mistreatment in Tibet.\u201d<\/p>\n

 \u201cThose responsible in the Chinese state and party apparatus must be held accountable for the pattern of torture and mistreatment of Tibetans,” ICT Interim President Bhuchung Tsering said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTibetans need justice, and torture must stop in Tibet,\u201d Tsering said. \u201cThe international community has an obligation to act.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reported by Pema Ngodup. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n

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