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Two Tibetan writers imprisoned by Chinese authoritiesPosted Nov 3 2011
The imprisonment of two Tibetan journalists is another indicator that news in China from the Tibetan Autonomous Region is tightly controlled. The two writers were former employees of Tibetan magazines, according to a Committee to Protect Journalists article.
Tibetan writer and editor Jolep Dawa, was sentenced in Aba prefecture, Sichuan Province to three years in prison on “unknown charges” after he was detained in October and held for more than a year, according an article by Radio Free Asia.
Dawa was the editor of Durab Kyi Nga, a monthly Tibetan-language magazine. He also organizes Tibetan cultural conferences, according to Radio Free Asia, which says that he was detained and held a few times before.
In a separate case, writer Choepa Lugyal, also known by his penname Meycheh, was detained for unknown reasons on Oct. 19 at his home in Gansu province, according to an article from the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy.
Lugyal wrote articles in print and online for the Tibetan magazine Shar Dungri, which was published after the 2008 ethnic unrest between Tibetans and Han Chinese, and has now been banned, according to the human rights organization. The organized also noted that since 2008, more than 65 Tibetan intellectuals — including writers, students, artists and cultural figures — have been detained, beaten, harassed, interrogated and sentenced to lengthy prison terms, according to the article.