What underlies lack of information from Tibet about the Aug 26 flash floods

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(TibetanReview.net, Sep11’26) – “Freedom of speech” and “truth” are no defence when China charges citizens for “spreading rumours” online. Anything not reported by the state media or officially announced is either “state secret” or “rumour”, warranting instant punishment. And so it has been when it came to information about the human tragedy on the Tibetan side of the border from the devastating Aug 26 flash floods.

There is a continuing, gaping lack of information on what happened on the Tibetan side of the border in terms of human tragedy when it was overrun by a glacier-avalanche-triggered flash flood of ice, rock, mud, and, of cou...

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