Hero Tibet Monk Tortured in Now Routine Procedure as China’s Crackdown on Minority Grows Intensity

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Tibetan monk tortured and imprisoned: rights group

AFP – 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 province.