India  
 
NewsR.in

Tibetans hold candlelight vigil over tourist guide's custodial death in China

Video Credit: HT Digital Content - Duration: 02:18s - Published
Tibetans hold candlelight vigil over tourist guide's custodial death in China

Tibetans hold candlelight vigil over tourist guide's custodial death in China

Tibetan activists held a candlelight vigil over the custodial death of a Tibetan in China.

The candlelight march was organised on Friday in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala.

Around a hundred Tibetan activists and a few foreign supporters took part in the vigil.

The activists gathered at Mcleodganj to mourn and pray for 55-year-old Kunchok Jinpa.

Tibetan tourist guide, Kunchok Jinpa succumbed to his injuries on February 6, 2021.

Jinpa is said to be tortured in prison resulting in large-scale fury over custodial deaths.

The Tibetan tourist guide died in a hospital in Lhasa in the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy has expressed concern over the incident.

Detained on November 8, 2013, Jinpa was sentenced to 21 years of imprisonment.

Jinpa was convicted of leaking state secrets for passing information to foreign media.


You Might Like


💡 newsR Knowledge: Other News Mentions

Tibetan people Tibetan people East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet

Tibetans protest outside China's embassy in India [Video]

Tibetans protest outside China's embassy in India

Tibetans in India staged a protest outside China’s embassy in New Delhi, calling for an end to "genocide" in Tibet.

Credit: euronews (in English)    Duration: 01:00Published

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh State in northern India

K Sanjay Murthy appointed as India's first IAS CAG from Konaseema

 K Sanjay Murthy, an IAS officer from Himachal Pradesh, has been appointed as the new Controller of Auditor General of India. Murthy, son of former Amalapuram MP..
IndiaTimes

Himachal Pradesh moves Supreme Court to get parliamentary secretaries appointment okayed

 The Himachal Pradesh government has approached the Supreme Court to challenge a recent high court ruling that invalidated the appointment of six parliamentary..
IndiaTimes

Dehradun: 6 youngsters dead, 1 in critical condition after car rams into truck, know here what happened

 The deceased have been identified as Kunal Kukreja, 23; Atul Agrawal, 24; Rishabh Jain, 24; Navya Goel, 23; Kamakshi, 20; and Guneet, 19. While Kukreja hailed..
DNA

High court voids Himachal’s appointment of 6 parliamentary secretaries

 The Himachal Pradesh High Court deemed the appointment of six Congress MLAs as chief parliamentary secretaries unconstitutional. The court declared the..
IndiaTimes
Kangana Ranaut on Farmers Bill: Deepender Hooda's Fiery Response to Kangana’s Statement [Video]

Kangana Ranaut on Farmers Bill: Deepender Hooda's Fiery Response to Kangana’s Statement

Kangana Ranaut on Farmers Bill: Member of Parliament from Himachal's Mandi seat and actress Kangana Ranaut (Kangana Ranaut) has again called for the re-implementation of the three farm laws, saying they are in the interest of farmers (Farmers Bill). She stated that farmers themselves should demand the government to bring back these laws (Three Farmer Laws). #KanganaRanaut #FarmersProtest #DeependerHooda ~PR.152~ED.103~GR.122~HT.318~

Credit: Oneindia    Duration: 06:20Published

Related videos from verified sources

Tibetan activists hold candlelight vigil in Dharamshala over custodial death of counterpart in China [Video]

Tibetan activists hold candlelight vigil in Dharamshala over custodial death of counterpart in China

Around one hundred Tibetan activists and few foreign supporters gathered at Mcleodganj in north Indian hill town Dharamshala to hold a candlelight vigil to mourn and pray for Kunchok Jinpa who died due..

Credit: ANI     Duration: 01:54Published