According to the information recently received, eight Tibetan political prisoners escaped from Gyantse District Prison (Chok-Treh Prison) in mid-January 1997. On 26 December 1996 the eight Tibetans had led a peaceful demonstration at a fair in Sarlha village in Khardoe Sub-District. The demonstration, which lasted half an hour, took place in front of the Gyantse District Headquarters. The protest was…
