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Yarphel an uncle of a Tibetan self-immolator, has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for his “crime” of carrying a photo of his nephew during the latter’s funeral procession in Rebkong, eastern Tibet. After a month-long detention in police custody, Yarphel, 42, was sentenced in a closed-door trial on the afternoon of March 1, exile sources say.
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