[Buddha-l] More Chinese punishments for Tibetan "rioters"

[Dan Lusthaus]

More Punishments Announced for Tibet Rioters
By ANDREW JACOBS
Published: February 11, 2009

BEIJING - China said Wednesday that judicial authorities in Tibet had
imposed prison terms for 21 additional people convicted of participating in
the deadly riots last March, bringing the total number punished for the
mayhem to 76.

The new punishments, announced by Xinhua, the official news agency, came
three months after the first batch of 55 convicted rioters were sentenced to
terms ranging from three years to life for crimes that included robbery,
arson and disturbing public order.

Xinhua said the new punishments were first disclosed by Nyima Tsering, a
Communist Party official in Lhasa, at a news briefing in the Tibetan capital
on Tuesday.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/world/asia/12tibet.html

Dan