China Reports Release of 1,000 Tibetan Demonstrators
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has released most of the 1,315 people detained in the wake of Tibet's deadly riots because their offences were minor, a senior official said on Friday.
Courts in Tibet have so far sentenced 42 people for crimes including arson, robbery and gathering to assault state organisations, Xinhua news agency quoted Palma Trily, executive vice chairman of Tibet's government, as saying.
A further 116 people are in custody awaiting trial, and 1,157 have been released, the official said.
Palma Trily was speaking after human rights group Amnesty International alleged in a report on Thursday that more than 1,000 people were still detained without charge in Tibet in the wake of the riots.
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Courts in Tibet have so far sentenced 42 people for crimes including arson, robbery and gathering to assault state organisations, Xinhua news agency quoted Palma Trily, executive vice chairman of Tibet's government, as saying.
A further 116 people are in custody awaiting trial, and 1,157 have been released, the official said.
Palma Trily was speaking after human rights group Amnesty International alleged in a report on Thursday that more than 1,000 people were still detained without charge in Tibet in the wake of the riots.
Read the rest of this Reuters article here.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
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