Dharamsala, August 27 – The exile Tibetan government based here said on its website that four Tibetans who participated in last year’s protests had been sentenced up to fifteen years in prison.
The Lhasa Intermediate People’s Court passed the verdicts on the four men, all in their twenties, in the beginning of this year.
Lobsang Wangchuk, 26; a resident of Dechen township in Taktse county and a former monk of Sangag monastery, was sent behind bars for fifteen years. Two other men, Tsultrim, 23; and Choephel, 24; were sentenced to two and half years in prison. The three were accused of participating in anti China protests in Taktse county last year while another man named Lhakpa Tsering, 22; was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a protest in Lhasa. All four of them are said to be held at a prison in Chushul County near Lhasa.
The exile Tibetan government claims the clampdown by Chinese government following protests in Tibet last year has left more than 220 Tibetans dead and over 1,294 were seriously injured. It further says that over 5,600 arrests were made and 290 already sentenced with at least a thousand people unaccounted for.
