03. Dec 2009
Three year sentence for Dalai Lama content on chat site
(Phayul) Two Tibetans from Sog (Chin: Suo) County in Nagchu (Chin: Nagqu) prefecture TAR have been sentenced to three years' imprisonment by a Chinese court, according to a report by Phayul. Gyalseng and Nima Wangchuk were among four Tibetans arrested on 01 October 2009, for posting the Dalai Lama's pictures and speeches on their internet profiles on the Chinese chat site qq.com. Yeshi Namkha and Aniy have not been sentenced yet. Their families were not allowed to visit them. The four young men were also alleged to have contacts with what the authorities described as "foreign separatist forces".