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Sonam Norgye, 30, has been freed after serving three years in prison. However, Norgye’s mobile phone number has been recorded and he is to regularly report to police and must seek permission to travel. He was detained in June 2011, for desecrating a Chinese flag and was brutally tortured during interrogation. He lives in Pashoe county in Chamdo, and was held in Powo Tramo prison in Nyingtri.
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