Released After Months in Chinese Custody, Tibetan Monk Zega Gyatso’s Deteriorating Health Exposes Ongoing Torture and Mistreatment of Tibetan Prisoners

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Zega Gyatso in an undated photo

Dharamshala: Reliable reports from exile Tibetan media have confirmed that Tibetan monk Zega Gyatso has been released from Chinese detention in a seriously weakened physical condition. His state of health upon release is clear evidence of the harsh and inhumane treatment that Tibetan prisoners continue to endure inside Chinese prisons for many decades. The case of Zega Gyatso, alongside hundreds of other deeply troubling cases, raises a deeply troubling question that the world can no longer ignore: if months of imprisonment in Chinese custody can cause such serious harm to one individual, what is happening to the many Tibetans who are currently serving prison sentences of several years, with no access to their families, no f...

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