Khedrup Gyatso, 33, a monk from Tsang monastery in Gepasumdo county in Tsolho, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, was released from prison in deteriorating health on March 8. Khedrup was sentenced to ten years, charged with being a ‘key player’ in the protests which swept across Tibetan regions in 2008. His brother said that Khedrup wanted to return to his monastery but he is forbidden to do so by the authorities.