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China Sends 30 to Prison in Mass Tibet Trials  

Posted Apr 30, 08 7:43 AM CDT in World    Most Covered

(newser) – A Chinese court sentenced 30 people yesterday, including six monks, for taking part in the March protest riots in Tibet, the New York Times reports. The sentences ranged from three years to life in prison. Human Rights Watch watch said the trials were secret and defendants weren’t allowed representation, calling them “political punishment masquerading as a legal process.”

One 20-year-old received life for burning cars and throwing rocks at fire engines; another, a monk, for leading a group that attacked police and destroyed shops. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman again blamed the Dalai Lama for the ethnically-charged riots, which touched off protests that have interrupted the Olympic torch relay around the world.

Sources New York Times, Bloomberg

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China Sends 30 to Prison in Mass Tibet Trials
An open court session in connection with the Lhasa violence on March 14 is held in Lhasa, Tuesday, April 29, 2008.   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chogo)
China Sends 30 to Prison in Mass Tibet Trials
In this April 28, 2008 file photo, protestors hold Chinese national flags during a protest against the Carrefour supermarket and French goods in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province.   (AP Photo/File)
China Sends 30 to Prison in Mass Tibet Trials
A Tibetan exiled monk holds the portrait of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama as he participates in a silent march to protest against China, in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 28, 2008.   (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)
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