Dharamshala: - Tashi Rabten, respected Tibetan writer and author of the banned literary work, "Written in Blood" (penname - Theurang) has been sentenced to a 4-year prison term by a Chinese court. The Ngaba Intermediate People's Court on June 2, passed the sentence in a trial closed to Tashi Rabten's family and friends. According to reliable sources inside Tibet, the court found Tashi Rabten, editor of banned literary magazine "Shar Dungri" (Eastern Conchshell Mountain) guilty on charges of "inciting activities to split the nation".

Dharamshala- Oppression continues for the monks of Kirti Monastery - Tibet, who were deceived by Chinese Officials on their monthly income, and a 're-education programme' that threatens their culture and beliefs.

Dharamshala: - Jampa succumbed to grievous injuries that he sustained during severe torture and inhuman treatment in Drapchi and Chushul prison after he was sentenced to 15 years in 1996. He was first arrested at the height of a crackdown as a prelude to severe imposition of patriotic re-education on the three main monasteries - Sera, Gaden and Drepung - in 1996.