Two Tibetan monks held incommunicado for over a year amid crackdown

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, April 17: Two Tibetan monks from Chu Khama Monastery in Machu County, identified as Samten Gyatso and Jamyang Samten, have remained in detention for more than a year following their arrest by Chinese authorities, with no information available regarding their current condition or whereabouts, according to a report by the Dharamshala-based Tibetan media outlet Tibet Times.

Samten Gyatso had previously come under scrutiny for sharing images of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on social media platforms including WeChat. Police are reported to have conducted multiple searches of his monastic quarters, confiscating religio...

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