A 19 year-old Tibetan monk has died of accidents sustained from beatings and torture in a Chinese language jail in Sichuan’s Kardze prefecture after being launched in a comatose state by his jailers, Tibetan sources say.
Tenzin Nyima, additionally known as Tamey, was detained in August 2020 after distributing leaflets and shouting slogans calling for Tibetan independence, and died on Tuesday in Kardze’s (in Chinese language, Ganzi’s) Dartsedo (Kangding) county, a Tibetan residing in India instructed RFA on Friday.
“On Nov. 12, 2020 we realized that he had been admitted to a hospital in Dartsedo for therapy,” RFA’s supply mentioned, talking on situation of anonymity and citing supply within the Kardze space. “Then, on Jan. 19, he returned house from the hospital in a weak bodily situation,” he mentioned.
“However he had been tortured and mistreated contained in the jail, which led to his paralyzed state and demanding situation of well being, RFA’s supply mentioned.
“Due to bans in India now on Chinese language social media apps, which had been our standard technique of getting info out of Tibet, we’re not in a position to get extra info now about Tamey following his demise,” he mentioned.
Tenzin Nyima, a monk in Kardze’s Dza Wonpo monastery, was arrested with 4 different monks on Nov. 7, 2019 after they held a peaceable protest outdoors a neighborhood police station “through which they threw leaflets within the air, calling for Tibet’s independence,” the London-based Free Tibet advocacy group mentioned in a Jan. 22 press launch.
“Tenzin Nyima was launched in Could 2020 however arrested once more on 11 August 2020 for sharing the information of his arrest and contacting Tibetans in exile in India,” Free Tibet mentioned.
“Tenzin’s killing is emblematic of the brutality of China’s occupation of Tibet and flagrant disregard for human life,” Free Tibet’s Marketing campaign and Advocacy Supervisor John Jones mentioned.
“The second Tenzin Nyima was detained he was positioned on the mercy of the police. It was successfully a demise sentence.”
In an announcement Friday, the Washington D.C.-based advocacy group Worldwide Marketing campaign for Tibet known as for an impartial investigation into Tenzin Nyima’s demise, calling it “a part of a sample of torture and mistreatment in Tibet.”
“These accountable within the Chinese language state and celebration equipment should be held accountable for the sample of torture and mistreatment of Tibetans,” ICT Interim President Bhuchung Tsering mentioned.
“Tibetans want justice, and torture should cease in Tibet,” Tsering mentioned. “The worldwide group has an obligation to behave.”
Reported by Pema Ngodup. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney.