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China Sentences Students

April 18, 2013;

The People’s Court in Chabcha County has sentenced eight Tibetan students for up to four years in prison protesting against the Chinese government in Nov 2012. They have reportedly been sentenced for “illegally holding demonstration” and charged with “causing harm to social stability”. Similar protests were carried out last year by thousands of students in the same region.

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