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| Subject: Corrupt China: 4 Jailed for Tibet Protests Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:42 am | |
| Four Tibetans in Sichuan Province have been sentenced to prison for taking part in protests last spring, according to a Tibetan advocacy group. Two are nuns from the Pangri Na convent in Garze County: Soe Lhatson, 35, sentenced to 10 years in prison, and Bhumo, 36, sentenced to 9 years, said the group, Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy. They were among 55 nuns arrested after a protest on May 14, the group said. Two other people were sentenced to three years each for taking part in a protest on March 18, also in Garze.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/world/asia/21briefs-4JAILEDFORTI_BRF.html?src=SkimWO |
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