Dharamsala, January 5 – A Chinese court had sentenced two Tibetan nuns upto three years in prison on November 17, 2009, reported Voice of Tibet radio service.
A Tibetan monk of Sera monastery in exile told the radio service that Nordon and Lhawang Dekyi, both nuns of Nyimagetsul (spelled as pronounced) nunnery in Dhartsedo, Kardze (TAP), Sichuan Province, were arrested on March 17, 2009 for carrying out a “peaceful protest” in Kardze. Nordon received two years’ sentence while Lhawang Dekyi got three years from the Dharstedo Intermediate People’s Court.
Following the political unrest in Tibet in 2008 and the massive clampdown campaign the Chinese government targeted monastery and nunneries which were forced into patriotic reeducation campaign designed to keep check on anti-government protests. The monks and nuns were made to denounce the exile Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama who China accuses of instigating “separatism” and forced to undergo immense physical and mental torture, the source said.
The two nuns were among the 15 Tibetan political prisoners who were paraded on April 5, 2009 in the streets of Kardze to intimidate the Tibetans. The Tibetan prisoners had their heads shaven, their hands and legs chained at the parade that was aimed to frighten the Tibetans in the area.
