Amnesty International has released the following updated information on Dhondup Wangchen's case:

Dhondup Wangchen was detained in March 2008, in the wake of widespread protests across Tibet. He is said to have first been detained on suspicion of "illegal journalism", an offense not stipulated in Chinese law on criminal liabilities or administrative punishment. He was then held on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power" but the prosecuting authorities returned the case to the police for further investigation due to insufficient evidence.

After Dhondup Wangchen was first detained, the police questioned him for several weeks. During this time, he was beaten, punched in the head, and often deprived food and sleep and kept tied to a chair. As a consequence, he still suffers from headaches and pain in his arms at times. His family has never been allowed to meet him.

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