Tibet support groups call on China to release over 1,000 Tibetans detained in Dege County
Brussels – The 9th International Conference of Tibet Support Groups, held recently in Brussels, Belgium, and they called on Chinese government to release more than 1,000 Tibetans detained in Dege County, eastern Tibet, for peacefully protesting against the construction of a mega-dam in their region and the forced relocation of villages and monasteries. Tibet support groups also called for an end to all forced relocations of rural Tibetans and centuries-old Tibetan monasteries.