Dharamshala: TibetPost-23-Feb-09-Yeshe Lhadon, 24 years old, Tibetan nun, from Tsangshi village Karze district eastern Tibet daughter of Ngoedup Sonam and Yangtso Dolma, is feared to be dead because of the severe torture that she suffered after peaceful protested that she enacted with two of her friends on 28th May 2008 in Karze district.
Two other Tibetan nuns have been sentenced to two years in prison. At 9:00 am, on 28th of May 2008, Yeshe Lhandon, disputed several documents and Chinese armed police publically brutalized her and took her into custody. According to her friends, who were also sentenced to prison for peaceful protests, “after they took the three nuns to the prison the Chinese authorities brutalized them and they were badly injured , then they took them to the hospital. Because of the beating Yeshe Lhdon incurred she could not be saved. At the emergency room she was doused in cold water but it was impossible to revive her, her life could not be spared. When other prisoners where cleaning the vehicle they were confronted with the huge blood loss that the three nuns had suffered.”Since May last year Yeshe has not been seen, family and relatives have searched for her in nine districts, but there are no conformations as to her whereabouts. Her family and relatives believe her to be dead. Her friend Sangye Lhamo, 26 years old, daughter of Bumchung Tsering , and Tsewang Khado 38 years old daughter of TopTop and Kalsang Lhamo, both from Dugra villag, Karze district eastern Tibet, have been sentenced to two years on prison. The date they were sentenced and the location of the prison where they will be in prison is undisclosed.