A Tibetan prisoner sentenced to a three-year term has been released early in poor health. Sonam Choegyal, about 20 years old from Kaka village in Kardze Prefecture, eastern Tibet, was released on September 7. Sonam Choegyal and Tenzin Nyima had staged a protest against Chinese rule in 2011 in Kardze town, an RFA source said. Tenzin Nyima was released about two months earlier.