07. Mar 2009
Two monks, three teenagers held for protesting
(TibetanReview.net; VoT) Two monks and three laymen were arrested on 06 and 07 March for staging protests in Kardze (Chin: Ganzi) county, in Sichuan province, reported Oslo-based Voice of Tibet (VoT) radio service. The report did not name the two monks and nor gave details about their protest action, which it said took place on 06 March. It named the three teenagers who staged a protest on 07 March as Tsering Dakpa 16; Chonyi Gyaltsen, 18, and Rinchen Phuntsok, 15. It said they were severely beaten after their arrest.