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Jampal Gyatso, 22, a monk from Kirti Monastery in Ngaba who has been detained since September last year, has been given a three year sentence for staging a solitary protest opposing Beijing’s rule. He has not been given the opportunity to hire a lawyer and his family were not allowed to attend the hearing. They know he is being held in a prison in Maowun county.
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