India, Oct. 19 -- Dharamshala [India], October 19 (ANI) The London-based human rights group Tibet Watch has raised alarm over the worsening condition of Gonpo Tsering, the abbot of Yena Monastery in Shiba village, who is reportedly fighting for his life at a hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan province. The 45-year-old religious leader was subjected to severe torture while in Chinese custody after participating in peaceful demonstrations against a controversial hydropower project in eastern Tibet, as reported by Phayul.

According to Phayul, Gonpo Tsering, detained in February 2024, was among hundreds of monks and villagers from Yena and Wonto monasteries who peacefully opposed the Kamtok Hydroelectric Dam in Dege, part of the Kham region. Sourc...