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Tibetan Former Prisoner Dies

May 5, 2020;

Released Tibetan political prisoner, Tsering Bakdro, has died aged 51 at his home in Maldro Gongkar, Tibet. An anonymous local source believes that Bakdro’s “untimely death is certainly related to the physical torture and suffering he endured while he was in prison”. The former monk served eight years in prison, “experienced physical torture and psychological trauma”, and after release, “lived under constant surveillance by the Chinese authorities”.

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