Olympic prisoners: Dhondup Wangchen et Jigme Gyatso
Peter Terpstra
Published on 31 July 2009
Dhondup Wangchen et Jigme Gyatso : Dhondup Wangchen, director of a documentary
on Tibet, and Jigme Gyatso, his friend and cameraman, have been held since
March 2008 for interviewing Tibetans, particularly in the Amdo region. The
film about the work of Dhondup Wangchen and Jigme Gyatso is a 25-minute short
entitled Leaving Fear Behind (www.leavingfearbehind.com), which was shown
during the Olympic Games. In it, Tibetans in the Amdo region gave their
opinions about the Dalai Lama, the Olympics and Chinese law. Dhondup Wangchen
is believed to be held in Ershilipu prison, in the city of Xining, where his
brother-in-law tried without success to see him. Jigme Gyatso was reportedly
seen for the last time in a detention centre in the town of Kachu, in Ganzu
province.
http://www.rsf.org/en-petition34043-Olympic_prisoners.html
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Amnesty International Report 2009 on China:
http://report2009.amnesty.org/en/regions/asia-pacific/china