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Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 21: Six youth activists from Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) undertook a 24-hour hunger strike protest outside the Chinese Consulate in New York, beginning at 9 PM on Wednesday and ending at 9 PM on Thursday, calling for justice for imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi and his sister Gonpo Kyi.
The protest came in the wake of a harrowing video showing Gonpo Kyi jumping from the second floor of her family’s hotel in Lhasa on Wednesday morning while being detained by local police. Rights groups said she was in critical condition following days of beatings, confinement, and repeated denial of her right to visit her brother, who has been serving a life sentence since 2008 after what they describe as a politically motivated conviction. Reports also note that Dorjee Tashi has suffered severe torture in prison.
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