Tibetan prisoners
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Tibetan Writer Shokjang Released After 3 Years in Jail
A Tibetan writer who was secretly detained and sentenced to three years imprisonment by in Tibet was released after completing the sentence on Monday. Shokjang has been able to achieve the release from the prison after his detention before the sentence was credited to his three years sentence in February 2016.
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Tibetan from India Visiting Tibet on Valid Chinese Document Jailed
A Tibetan monk who was visiting his families in Tibet from India was arrested after a month of his arrival and jailed for unknown charges against according to information coming from inside Tibet. The Tibetan monk, a refugee in India was traveling to Tibet on valid travel documents issued by the Chinese embassy.
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Tibetan Monk Disabled from Torture in Prison Released
A Tibetan monk who completed the jail term of six years was freed from Sichuan province in a physically disable state incurred from severe torture in prison during the term. The Tibetan monk completed his full jail term and came out with permanent injuries to his legs that was caused by beatings while in the…
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European Parliament Demands China’s Immediate Release of Tibetan Prisoners
European Parliament on Thursday has demanded the ‘immediate and unconditional’ release of two Tibetans imprisoned by China for exercising their basic human rights. The parliament voted in majority for the resolution calling China to respect the basic human rights such as freedom of speech, religious belief and assembly as guaranteed by its own constitution.
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Tibetan Political Prisoner Detained A Day After Release
A Tibetan writer Gangkye Drubpa Kyab, a political prisoner at the Sichuan’s Minyak Rangakha prison was freed by the Chinese authorities on September 16. The writer was sentenced to prison term of five and half year. Surprisingly, the authorities released the writer after serving four years, one and half years earlier than the sentence, urging…
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Tibetan Youth Brings Tibetans Prisoners’ Plight To College Stage
A young Tibetan student in south India brings out the plight of Tibetan prisoners in Tibet to the centre stage of his college with the help of his class mates in the form of a beautiful drama. The drama was performed in the audience of the entire fraternity of his college which accounts to around…
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China Blatantly Reject Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Dying Of Torture
The Foreign ministry of China said that they protected the rights of the Tibetan monk Tenzin Delek who died in prison, responding to appeal to justice by his niece, Nyima Lhamo after she escaped to India that he died of torture in prison. She told in that she fled the Chinese occupation to Exile to…