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Self-Immolator Released

May 10, 2017;

Lobsang Gyatso, 24, a monk who self-immolated five years ago in Sichuan has been released after serving his full prison term. He staged his protest in February 2012 in Ngaba; he survived but was taken into custody and beaten. Radio Free Asia reports a local source as saying he had been “subjected to extreme torture and harassment”. There is no news of Gyatso’s health at the moment.

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