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Dead Tibetan Denied Treatment

May 8, 2020;

A Tibetan man has died after Chinese authorities “repeatedly denied his requests to seek medical treatment for failing health”. The former monk, known as Choekyi, had served a 4-year prison sentence for making a t-shirt which referenced His Holiness the Dalai Lama. During detention Choekyi reportedly sustained “damage to his liver and kidneys” but after release “authorities did not allow him access to inpatient services at local hospitals”.

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