{"id":12562,"date":"2021-01-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/petition-stop-torture-in-tibet\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T23:00:00","slug":"petition-stop-torture-in-tibet","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/petition-stop-torture-in-tibet\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition: Stop torture in Tibet!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 19-year-old monk has died after he was beaten in police custody.\u00a0<strong>Now, we must demand an investigation into his killing<\/strong>\u2014and a stop to China\u2019s torture and abuse in Tibet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michelle-Bachelet-UN-Credit.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10651\" width=\"382\" height=\"255\"\/><figcaption><em>Michelle Bachelet<br>United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Human Rights Watch, when the family of Tenzin Nyima, more popularly known in his hometown as Tamey, came to collect him from prison last October, his health was so poor that he could not talk or move, and he suffered from severe injuries and an acute respiratory infection.\u00a0<strong>A few months later, he was dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICT reported on\u00a0<strong>Tamey\u2019s arrest in 2019 for distributing leaflets and shouting slogans about Tibetan independence<\/strong>\u00a0outside a local government office.\u00a0<strong>Now, we\u2019re asking our members to sign our new petition to the UN, calling for an investigation into Tamey\u2019s case and the Chinese government\u2019s cruel practice of torturing Tibetans for exercising their beliefs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/act.savetibet.org\/page\/26143\/action\/1\">SIGN OUR PETITION<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of 2020, a 19-yeard-old Tibetan monk died after he was beaten in police custody. 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