Rights Group: Chinese Police Tortured Tibetan Detainees

A human rights group says Chinese police tortured and interrogated a group of Tibetans who were detained last year while trying to flee to Nepal. The International Campaign for Tibet says at least 25 Tibetans, including 10 children, were taken into Chinese custody September 30th on the Tibet-Nepal border.

The group says one of the detainees reported the party was taken to a detention center near the Nepalese border, where teenagers and adults were beaten with rubber batons and electric-shock prods. It also says Chinese police held some of the children for three months and only released them after their caretakers paid a fine.

China has not responded to the allegations. Refugee groups have accused Chinese forces of shooting dead two of the Tibetans as they crossed Mount Cho Oyu, on the China-Nepal border. Chinese officials say their troops shot in self-defense.

一个人权组织说， 中国警察拷打审问了去年试图逃往尼泊尔时被拘留的一群西藏人。国际声援西藏运动说，至少有25名藏人去年9月30号在靠近尼泊尔的边界附近被收押，其中包括10名儿童。

国际声援西藏运动说，被拘捕的其中一人说，他们被带到靠近尼泊尔边境的一个拘留所。青少年和成年人受到橡皮警棍和电棒的殴打。国际声援西藏运动还说， 其中一些儿童被扣押了长达3个月，担保人交了罚款后才被释放。

中国政府对这一指控还没有做出反应。难民团体指责中国部队在中-尼边境地区开枪打死了两名试图越过中-尼边境的卓奥友峰的藏人。中国官员说，中国部队开枪是出于自卫。