Gepe is not the first Tibetan singer to be prosecuted in China. Since the turmoil that occurred in March 2008 in Lhasa, Tibetan artists [in] have been one of the targets of political repression. The Tibetan author and poet Tsering Woeser thus described the succession of repressions: “they are the same politicians of the Cultural Revolution but with a different name”.
In December 2013, Thinley Tsekar y Gonpo Tenzin were arrested in Diru County [in]. They both sing about identity, Tibetan culture and language. Thinley was sentenced to nine years in prison for “awakening anti-government sentiments among Tibetan listeners of his music.”. Below is one of his songs available on YouTube:
In April 2012, Popular Tibetan singer Lo Lo was arrested after releasing an album titled “Raise the flag of Tibet.”, sons of snow”. Finally, The singer was sentenced to six years in prison in August 2013. Below is one of his songs on YouTube:
Apart of the letter says [in]:
For promoting loyalty to the Land of Snow, for the complete independence of Tibet with a true understanding of our objectives, let's raise the flag of Tibet – snow songs.
In March of 2012, popular singer Ugyen Tenzin was arrested [in] después del lanzamiento de su álbum titulado “An Unending Flow of My Heart's Blood”. Some of his songs are dedicated to spiritual leaders, among them the Dalai Lama and the Karmapa. A continuación el tema principal de su álbum “The Heart's Blood Flows”, with English subtitles translated by members of the blog “High peaks pure earth”:
