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Founder of Tibetan literary website jailed in China for 15 years
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
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The founder of a Tibetan literary website has been sentenced to 15 years in a Chinese prison on charges of disclosing state secrets, campaigners said.
The International Campaign for Tibet said today they have received reports from Tibetan exiles that Kunchok Tsephel, 39, was convicted and sentenced on November 12 in a closed-door trial in southwestern Gansu province.
Some of the charges are believed to be related to content posted on his influential website, Chodme, or Butter-Lamp, which promotes Tibetan culture, and also for passing on information about last year's anti-government protests.
Kunchok Tsephel had been detained by police since February 26.
There was no official comment and no way to independently confirm the court case.
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in my opinion china has to stop doing that because is going to be a day when the whole world going to take china of the map.
Posted by luis | 18.11.09, 10:45 GMT