Son of Chinese activist detained over Dalai Lama photo questions “separatism” charge

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Tenzin Nyidon 

DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 18: The son of imprisoned Chinese pro-democracy activist Zhang Yi has questioned the legal basis of the “inciting separatism” charge brought against his father, saying he cannot understand how the simple act of showing a photograph of the Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, could be construed as a political offence.

In a testimony submitted to the New York-based human rights organisation Human Rights in China (HRIC), Zhang Hongyuan said the arrest of his father did not come as a surprise, but marked the culmination of a long-standing fear he had carried since leaving China. He now lives in the Netherlands.

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