Acusado de ser un "líder contrarrevolucionario"
MADRID, 2 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
A prominent Tibetan activist has been released after serving a sentence of 17 years in prison for his work to achieve the independence of Tibet and ask for a long life for the spiritual leader of the autonomous region of southwest China, the Dalai Lama, as reported this Tuesday by Radio Free Asia (RFA).
After 17 years in Chusul prison, near the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, Jigme Gyatso, a former Buddhist monk 52 years, He was released this Monday and, according to RFA, parecía "muy débil" upon returning home to Gansu province.
Gyatso, who was also the leader of the Tibetan Liberation Movement Association, He was convicted in 1996 a 15 años de cárcel acusado de ser un "líder contrarrevolucionario" and compromise national security. Although his sentence extended until March 2014, The activist has already been released.
in 2004, las autoridades chinas añadieron tres años más a su condena por "incitar al separatismo", when he cried out in prison for a long life for the Dalai Lama, exiled in Dharamsala (India).
"Jigme Gyatso llegó el 1 de abril a su ciudad natal con escolta policial", a Tibetan source has indicated. "Los que lo vieron, They reported that he was very weak, He was limping and they claimed he had heart problems and his blood pressure was high.. Su visión también era débil", Jamyang Tsultrim declared, a friend of Gyatso, the FRG.
