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Sonam Gyalpo, an elderly Tibetan, was released from Chushul prision in Lhasa on August 27 after serving a 12 year sentence. Gyalpo is from Nakartse country in Lhokha Prefecture in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. He was sentenced in 2005 for political reasons. It was his third arrest and in total he has served 16 years.
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