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'Therang'
Known by the pen name 'Therang', Tashi Rabten was reportedly arrested on 26 July 2009. Other bloggers said that he had also been detained during the 2008 spring protests in Tibet, and that he had been watched since this time.
In late 2008, Therang wrote a book entitled 'Written in Blood', in which he criticised Chinese policies in Tibet. It was not reported whether Therang has yet been charged for any crime.
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Another Tibetan blogger said of Therang:
"Isn’t it regretable for the Tibetan people to lose such a young brave person like him? If all the people with affection for our nationalities and the courageous youths are being disappeared like this, then what is the point of just shouting and raising our fists in the air? Are there able people amongst us Tibetans? Shouldn’t the Tibetan people be rising up when faced with such obstruction? How many people like Therang are there amongst us who are not afraid of talking about the plight of our people?"
