Rev. Danny Fisher

Reuters is reporting that Chinese police in Tibet beat up fifty monks who had tried to complain about the beating of one of their colleagues. The Free Tibet Campaign explained:

The monk had left the monastery earlier that day, having obtained the relevant permission from the monastery authorities. As the monk returned to the monastery a short time before dark, he was stopped by Chinese armed police. According to the source, the returning monk was beaten so badly by the armed police that he was bleeding when he managed to return to the monastery.

The mass beatings came after the monk’s brethren visited the police and “demanded an explanation.” Four of the monks had to be hospitalised, according to the Free Tibet Campaign.