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Phuntsog Nyidron is a Tibetan Buddhist nun who was imprisoned by the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1989 and released in 2004. [1]
Background
Phuntsog Nyidron was imprisoned for "counter-revolutionary propaganda" in 1989. She spent fifteen years in prison before being released on 24 February, 2004 following calls for her release by several United States senators and congressmen. She was the last of fourteen nuns who had been imprisoned during the 1980s and early 1990s to be released.[1]
See also
- Pacifism
- Nonviolence
- Tibet
- International Tibet Independence Movement
- List of active autonomist and secessionist movements
- Tibetan Buddhism
References
- ^ a b
"China 'frees' nun after 15 years". BBC News. 2004-02-26. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
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