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Nine Tibetans Arrested

September 17, 2020;

Nine Tibetans have been sentenced by the Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People’s Court for “inciting splittism.” Citing “a reliable Chinese source,” human rights group Dui Hua said the Tibetans were sentenced between June 30 and August 31. Dui Hua’s data consists of the names and crimes of those sentenced, the lengths of their sentences remains unknown. Splittism is a vague charge frequently used to squash protests in China.

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