Dharamshala: - A 34 year old Tibetan man Ngodup Thinley is still being held in a Chinese detention center even after his prison term got over this year, said a latest report.

Dharamshala: - Another Buddhist monk of Kirti monastery of Ngaba County, eastern Tibet was sentenced recently to three years imprisonment by a Chinese Immediate people's court in Ngaba for carrying out protest against Chinese rule in Tibet and its severe repression of the peaceful Tibetan people. Several others are still being held without charge after detained for nearly six months.

Dharamshala: - The so called Intermediate People's Court sentenced a 23 year old young Tibetan man from Karze county, Kham region of eastern Tibet to three years imprison for his involvement in a peaceful protest against Chinese rule in Tibet and its harsh treatment of the peaceful Tibetan people.

Dharamsala: The US and international human rights organisations have strongly criticised the sentencing of three Tibetan monks to varying prison terms ranging from 10-13 years in jail for their alleged role in the death of Phuntsog, a 21 year old monk from Kirti monastery, who burnt himself to death in March this year to protest the Chinese government's brutal crackdown on peaceful protests in Tibet in 2008.

Dharamshala: - A local Chinese court in Ngaba county of eastern Tibet Tuesday, 30 August jailed two Tibetan monks of Kirti Monastery after accusing them of "intentional homicide" over Phuntsok's death by self-immolation, according to a latest report.

Dharamshala: - Lobsang Tenzin, the longest serving political prisoner who is currently in Chushul Prison, West Lhasa, is said to be in serious deteriorated health, according to reliable sources. He is suffering from diabetes due to which his eyesight has weakened sharply causing blindness at times.

Dharamshala: - The Chinese state controlled media 'Xinhua' claimed that the Ngaba Prefecture Intermediate people's court has found 46-year-old monk Lobsang Tsondue guilty of hiding Phuntsok after his attempt at self-immolation on 16 March, thereby preventing Phuntsok from receiving emergency medical treatment for 11 hours.

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