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Musician Released

October 24, 2015;

Pema Rigdzin, 46, a music producer and former monk has been released from prison after serving 11 months of his two-year sentence, reports Radio Free Asia. He was sentenced by the Chengdu Chinese People’s Intermediate Court for producing banned patriotic Tibetan songs. It is not clear why he has been released early. He has returned home to Ngaba in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Many Tibetan singers remain in jail.

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