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China jails Tibetan-language advocate Tashi Wangchuk for 5 years for “inciting separatism”

May 22, 2018;

Hong Kong Free Press, 22 May 2018 A Tibetan who has campaigned to preserve his region’s ancestral language was jailed for five years in China on Tuesday for “inciting separatism” in a case Amnesty International denounced as “beyond absurd”. Tashi Wangchuk was … Continued

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  1. China Charges Tibetan Education Advocate With Inciting Separatism
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  3. China to Try Tibetan Education Advocate Detained for 2 Years
  4. Imprisoned Tibetan Language Advocate Refuses to Plead Guilty, Denied Right to Appeal
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