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Tibetan writer endured 13 years in Chinese Prison
A Tibetan writer who had been imprisoned for 15 years for writings deemed separatist by Chinese authorities has been freed two years before the end of his term, with no word on his current health. Kunchok Tsephel, a Tibetan rights activist born in 1970, was released from detention on March 18 and has returned to…
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Tibetan Monk Released After Serving Five-Year Sentence
According to freetibet.org, Chinese authorities released Gendun Drakpa (Dapaka), a monk from Thangkor Socktsang Monastery in Ngaba (in China’s Sichuan Province) in August 2021 after serving a five-year sentence. After being freed in August 2021, Gendun Dapaka, 45, returned to his house but has since been committed to the hospital due to bad health.