Nyima Drakpa, a twenty-nine-year-old Tibetan monk, died on 1 October 2003. PEN believes that his death was caused by beatings he received at the Tawu County Public Security Detention Centre, in the Kardze region of Tibet. Following his arrest in May 2000, authorities severely beat Nyima Drakpa in order to extract a confession for his alleged crimes. The head of the police team that recorded the co ...
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