Tibetan monk released after six-month detention, faces serious health issues and ongoing surveillance

Released After Months in Chinese Custody, Tibetan Monk Zega Gyatso’s Deteriorating Health Exposes Ongoing Torture and Mistreatment of Tibetan Prisoners

Zega Gyatso in an undated photo Dharamshala: Reliable reports from exile Tibetan media have confirmed that Tibetan monk Zega Gyatso has been released from Chinese detention in a seriously weakened physical condition. His state of health upon release is clear evidence of the harsh and inhumane treatment that Tibetan prisoners continue to endure inside Chinese prisons for many decades. The case of Zega Gyatso, alongside hundreds of other deeply tr…

Tibetan monk released after six-month detention, faces serious health issues and ongoing surveillance

Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, March 23: Ven. Zega Gyatso, a Tibetan monk from Tsang Monastery in Ba County, Tsolho (Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture), has reportedly been released after six months of detention by Chinese authorities. However, he continues to suffer from deteriorating health and strict state surveillance, according to a Dharamshala-based Tibetan media outlet, Tibet Times.  The 48-year-old monk, a native of Sog County in Malho (H…