China detaining Tibetans returning from India – Human Rights Watch

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government has detained several hundred Tibetans who returned from India after attending teaching sessions overseen by the Dalai Lama, and is forcing them to undergo political re-education, a human rights group said. New York-based Human Rights Watch said it believed it was the first time since the late 1970s that authorities had detained Tibetan laypeople in such …