Chinese film-makers and activists have demanded answers over claims that an award-winning Tibetan director was taken to hospital in western China with injuries sustained while in police custody.
“The report turns a blind eye to the facts and distorts facts about Chinese human rights,” said Hong Lei.
Coco, the Tibetan film-maker’s producer, who is also known as Sonam, told the Guardian that the director had been detained following an altercation with airport security officers.
The son of Tibetan nomads, Tseden studied at the Beijing Film Academy and made his cinematic debut with The Silent Holy Stones, the first feature film entirely in Tibetan.