04 September 2008
Tibetan Monks Freed in Golmud
(RFA) A group of Tibetan monks, originally from Tibetan-populated regions of Sichuan province, has been released from detention in Qinghai province and returned to their home areas, according to Radio Free Asia sources. The group had been held for more than four months in the town of Golmud, in Qinghai province, with monks from other regions. All had been studying in monasteries in Lhasa, and were suspected of involvement in protests there in March. Monks originally from Qinghai had been released earlier into the custody of officials from Qinghai's United Front and Religious Affairs Bureau and taken from Golmud into house arrest near their homes.