Imprisoned Tibetan Businessman Dorje Tashi sustained serious injuries in prison assault

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Tenzin Nyidon 

DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 24: Dorje Tashi, one of Tibet’s most prominent businessmen serving a life sentence in Lhasa’s Drapchi Prison, has been violently assaulted and left with serious injuries, his lawyer Wang Fei revealed on October 29.

According to Wang, Tashi was attacked by three inmates, leaving a deep scar on his forehead. Prison officials reportedly violated regulations by failing to notify his family of the incident. It has also emerged that Tashi was previously beaten by eight inmates on April 17, 2021.

Once among Tibet’s most prominent entrepreneurs, Dorje Tashi, f...

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