25. Mar 2009
Nuns arrested in Kardze
(VOT) Two Tibetan nuns have been arrested in Kardze, the Voice of Tibet (VOT) radio service reported, citing a source in exile. Tsetan Phuntsok, a monk in a Tibetan monastery in south India, told the radio service that the two nuns were Yulshey, and Tsetan Lhamo. According to Phuntsok, the nuns who carried a bag containing political pamphlets, shouted slogans calling for the return of the Dalai Lama and human rights for Tibetans. The nuns, who belonged to Lama Ladrakrak monastery in Kardze, were severely beaten before being arrested. The nuns are reportedly being held at a new detention centre in Kardze.