E/CN.4/1993/62 page 20 June 1992 - Two nuns and three monks believed to be from Gyama Trikhang monastery were reportedly arrested on 15 June; - Twelve nuns from Gari nunnery were reportedly arrested in Lhasa on 22 June: Ngawang Rigdol (19/20), Ngawang (Rinchen) Zangmo (21), Ngawang Dhadon (16/17), Ngawang Nyima (22), Lobsang Dolma (19/20), Gyaltsen Kunsang (23), Ngawang Palkyi (17), Lobsang Choekyi (20), Ngawang Tengye (16/17), Gyaltsen Nyinyi (22), Ngawang Kyema (22) and Damchoe Gyaltsen (24). In the course of 1992, arbitrary arrests of monks reportedly also took place at the Drayul Kirtsal, Rong Jamchen and Yakdhe Tharpa Choeling monasteries in the Rimpung region, at the Nenying monastery in Gyangtse, Serkhang monastery in Phenpo, Dhopung Choekhor monastery in Lhokha and Gyalche monastery in Nyemo. A nun who was released recently from Gutsa prison reported that imprisoned monks and nuns were severely beaten and kicked even for singing and forced to undergo blood extraction, which at times caused severe nausea and weakness in view of the prison diet. She also described the practice of suspending nuns who had been stripped of their clothes, from trees for up to three hours at a time with their hands tied behind their backs, which invariably caused dislocation of the shoulders. Beating and the use of electric cattle prods were reportedly also used on the nuns during this type of torture. It has also been alleged that on 10 December 1991, Kelsang Tsultrim, a monk imprisoned in Block Five of Drapchi prison, was severely beaten and tortured by the prison authorities and put in solitary confinement when he refused to sing songs in praise of socialism during a political re-education session. It has been alleged that on 20 May 1991, monks imprisoned at the Drapchi and Sangyip prisons in Lhasa staged a non-violent demonstration after which their sentences were increased by several years. The Special Rapporteur was informed of the following specific cases: Tenar Phuntsok (62), curator of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, sentenced to an additional nine years; Wangdu (23), curator of the Jhokhang Temple in Lhasa, to an additional five years; Lhakpa (22), curator of the Lugug monastery in Lhasa, to an additional five years; Phurbu (19), a monk from Ganden monastery in Lhasa, to an additional five years; Sodor (20), a monk from Bumthang monastery south of Lhasa, to an additional five years. In addition, a monk who was recently released from prison reported that a number of monks had been transferred to a new prison opened in 1992 located in the Toelung Dechen district south-west of Lhasa. It currently holds approximately 200 prisoners but will reportedly hold up to 1,000 detainees and will be one of the largest in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The following monks are reportedly detained in the new prison: Ngawang Thonglam and Sonam Dorje from Ganden monastery; Jigme from the Jhokhang temple; Tinley (20); Bhuchok (24) and Phurbu (25) from the