15. Apr 2010
Primary school students detained in Sertha county
(TCHRD) According to the TCHRD more than thirty students from Khar primary school, Sertha county, Kardze (Chin: Ganzi) TAP, Sichuan province, were detained by the Chinese security forces following a minor stone throwing incident. On 08 April 2010, Chinese security forces had paraded two monks around various places in Sertha county on a vehicle. TCHRD reports that the two, who had been arrested earlier for staging a protest, were severely beaten by the security forces during the parade. Upon reaching the vicinity of Khar primary school area, students started pelting the security vehicles and shouting slogans. The students later drew up posters calling for Tibet's independence and posted them around the school walls and on teachers' desks. Of the thirty detained, most were released after a brief detention, though around 10 students were said to be still in custody.