Four monks from Ngaba County in the Amdo region who carried out solitary protests last year have been sentenced to three years each on the charges of “inciting separatism”. They are all from Kirti Monastery and were arrested separately in September: Lobsang, 23; Adrak, 21; Jamyang Phuntsok, 22 and Lobsang Kelsang, 20. The families of all four have had no information about them since their detention.