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Article: Haunting memories of a former Tibetan prisoner (Feature)

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September 20, 2009
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Dharamsala, Sep. 20 -- More than two decades have passed since she was released from prison by the Chinese authorities, but the painful memories of her jail stay still haunt her. Eighty-year-old Ama Adhe, a Tibetan living in India, now spends her day in prayer.

"I have seen independent Tibet and have witnessed the cruelty of the Chinese forces during our struggle. In 1958, the Chinese forces arrested me along with 300 other women for supporting the struggle and were taken to a jail in China," said Adhe, who used to reside in eastern Tibet.

She was part of the Tibetan struggle that led to the 1959 Tibetan uprising against the communist regime of China. As Chinese forces crushed the uprising, ...

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