Dharamshala, March 18 – On behalf of the Central Tibetan Administration and the exile Tibetans, Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche welcomed the release of Phuntsog Nyidrol after serving 15 years behind bars in Tibet.
In his letter to Nyidrol dated 13 March, Kalon Tripa mentioned that she will receive an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama during His Holiness’ forthcoming visit to the United States in this April. Meanwhile he asked her to rest and take care of her health.
Kalon Tripa also passed on his hopes and wishes for her speedy recovery.
Phuntsog Nyidrol, 34, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment after peaceful protests in 1989. In September 1993, she received nine years sentence extension after she joined 13 other nuns in secretly recording songs about their prison experience and hopes for future Tibet in a tape cassette that was smuggled to the outside world.
She was released in February 2004 after serving 15 years of 17-year sentence.
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