Ngawang Sangdrol (born in
LhasaLhasa, and sometimes spelled Lasa, is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. It is located at the foot of Mount Gephel....
,
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, in 1977) is a former political prisoner, imprisoned by the
Government of the People's Republic of ChinaPower within the government of the People's Republic of China is divided among three bodies: the Communist Party of China, the state, and the People's Liberation Army. This article is concerned with the formal structure of the state, its departments and their responsibilities...
, for peacefully demonstrating against the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1992. Her sentence was extended repeatedly for continued protest in prison, which included recording a tape of freedom songs with 13 other nuns from Drapchi Prison that was smuggled out of Tibet.. As a result of intense international pressures from various
Human RightsHuman rights refer to the "basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled." Examples of rights and freedoms which have come to be commonly thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before the...
and Tibetan political organizations, as well as
John KammJohn Kamm is an American businessman, Human Rights activist, and founder of The Dui Hua Foundation. He is credited with having helped over 400 religious and political prisoners in China. - Early work :...
, director of the
Dui Hua FoundationThe Dui Hua Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving universal human rights by means of a well-informed dialogue between the United States and China...
, her sentence was commuted to 11 years from her original 23 year sentence.
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Ngawang Sangdrol (born in
LhasaLhasa, and sometimes spelled Lasa, is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. It is located at the foot of Mount Gephel....
,
TibetTibet is a plateau region in Asia, north of the Himalayas. It is home to the indigenous Tibetan people, and to some other ethnic groups such as Monpas and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han Chinese people. Tibet is the highest region on earth, with an average...
, in 1977) is a former political prisoner, imprisoned by the
Government of the People's Republic of ChinaPower within the government of the People's Republic of China is divided among three bodies: the Communist Party of China, the state, and the People's Liberation Army. This article is concerned with the formal structure of the state, its departments and their responsibilities...
, for peacefully demonstrating against the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1992. Her sentence was extended repeatedly for continued protest in prison, which included recording a tape of freedom songs with 13 other nuns from Drapchi Prison that was smuggled out of Tibet.. As a result of intense international pressures from various
Human RightsHuman rights refer to the "basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled." Examples of rights and freedoms which have come to be commonly thought of as human rights include civil and political rights, such as the right to life and liberty, freedom of expression, and equality before the...
and Tibetan political organizations, as well as
John KammJohn Kamm is an American businessman, Human Rights activist, and founder of The Dui Hua Foundation. He is credited with having helped over 400 religious and political prisoners in China. - Early work :...
, director of the
Dui Hua FoundationThe Dui Hua Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving universal human rights by means of a well-informed dialogue between the United States and China...
, her sentence was commuted to 11 years from her original 23 year sentence. She was released in October 2002. A documentary film by
Marie LouvilleMarie Louville, is a french journalist, specialist of Tibet, director of documentary films on Tibet.In 1987, the Dalai Lama was not yet given the Nobel Peace price and the Tibetan cause was therefore yet not so well known, she directed a report on the situation in Tibet that will be broadcast...
"Prisonnière à Lhassa" (The Prisoner of Lhasa) explains in detail the life and the release of Ngawang Sangdrol.
Music in Prison
In 1994, Ngawang Sangdrol and 13 other nuns clandestinely recorded songs and poems in tribute to their homeland and the
14th Dalai LamaJetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama, a spiritual leader revered among the people of Tibet. He is the head of the government-in-exile based in Dharamshala, India...
from inside Drapchi prison. The recording made it out of Tibet and the CD, "Seeing Nothing but the Sky" is available through the
Free Tibet CampaignFree Tibet or Free Tibet Campaign is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, founded in 1987 and based in London, England that stands for the rights of Tibetans to determine their own future and campaigns for "an end to the Chinese occupation of Tibet and for the fundamental human rights of...
in London.
Internal links
- List of Tibetan political prisoners
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