unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (09/17/89)
MORE TIBETANS SENTENCED
The official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, reported on 13 September that
ten Tibetans have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from three
years to life for their participation in pro-freedom demonstrations and
riots in Lhasa last March. The sentences were issued by Lhasa's
municipal court.
The life sentence was given to a man, Pasang, charged with
"beating, smashing, looting, and burning".Lesser sentences were for
causing property damage, instigating protests, or "spying" on behalf of
the Dalai Lama.
These ten punishments are markedly more severe than three handed down
last July for similar "counterrevolutionary" offenses committed during
the same disturbances.
This brings to thirteen the number of sentences which Beijing
officially acknowledges for Tibetans arising from the March riots.In
earlier statements the government has admitted three hundred
arrests. Unofficial reports have consistently placed the number of
arrests and imprisonments in the thousands. There have also been
numerous claims of executions, though none have been reported by the
government.
Source: TibetNet BBS Fido 1:107/535
Email: rutgers!rubbs!107!535!Indira.Singh
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