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Anti-mining protesters in Amchok with the banner the in background bearing the slogan: "Stop Mining at Amchok Gong Ngon Lari!”
Anti-mining protesters in Amchok with the banner the in background bearing the slogan: “Stop Mining at Amchok Gong Ngon Lari!”

Rampant open-pit mining activities conducted for more than a decade by the Chinese authorities at Tibet’s sacred Gong Ngon Lari Soul Mountain have faced renewed and sustained protests from local Tibetans living in Amchok (Ch: Amuqu) Township in Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) County, Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province.

Thousands of Tibetans living in eight villages within Amchok Township are involved in the series of anti-mining protests that entered its sixth day on 5 June. To deter these protests, Chinese security forces including the police, armed police and the military have launched a violent crackdown on peaceful anti-mining protesters who were beaten and detained. The situation remains tense.

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