Tibetan environmental activist Tsongon Tsering released but remains under strict surveillance

9 months ago

On July 8th, the Chinese government released Tibetan environmental activist Tsongon Tsering, a 30-year-old Tibetan from Tsaruma (ཚ་རུ་མ། , Chinese: Chá’ěrmǎ) Township, Kyungchu (ཁྱུང་མཆུ།, Ch: Hongyuan) County, Ngaba and Qiang Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan,[1] who spoke out about illegal sand mining on the Dangchu(རྡང་ཆུ་གཙང་པོ།) River’s ecosystem, a tributary of the Yellow River. Although he is reportedly emaciated, his health status has not yet been thoroughly examined. On the day of his release, despite restrictions from the Chinese government, the villagers from Tsaruma gathered to welcome him home and held a celebration.

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