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Tibetan Singers Sentenced

June 14, 2013;

Two Tibetan singers from Ngaba in Tibet were secretly sentenced to two years imprisonment in February 2013. Pema Thinley, 22 and Chakdor, 32 were arrested in July 2012 and detained for six months after the release of their music album containing songs about the self-immolation protests, as well as songs in praise of the Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama, Kirti Rinpoche and Sikyong Lobsang Sangay.  News of the sentence has only now been received, and their current whereabouts is unknown.

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