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Tibetan monasteries empty as China jails monks to silence Olympic protests

By John Hirst

Tibetan monasteries empty as China jails monks to silence Olympic protests

Family members say that the monks have been told they will be incarcerated in Golmud only until the end of the Olympic Games in Beijing. The policy is part of a campaign by the Chinese Government to ensure that the Games, opening on August 8 and lasting for two weeks, pass off without a hitch and without protests from the restive Tibetans, they told The Times.

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on July 08, 2008 (boomark / email).