Tashi Wangchuk (activist)
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Tashi Wangchuk () born in 1985 in Kyegudo,
Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (, , retranscribed into Tibetan as ), also transliterated as Yüxü or Yulshul, is an autonomous prefecture Autonomous prefectures () are one type of autonomous administrative divisions of China, existing ...
the former Tibetan province of Amdo the current province of Qinghai, is a Tibetan activist defending the teaching of the Tibetan language after he appeared in a New York Times video in 2015. Edward Wong
China to Try Tibetan Education Advocate Detained for 2 Years
''The New York Times'', 30 December 2017
He was sentenced on 22 May 2018 in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu to five years prison for "incitement to separatism". According to
Amnesty International Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...
, "Tashi’s treatment exposes the ruthless lengths to which the Chinese authorities will go to silence those who ask the government to stop cultural assimilation." Tashi Wangchuk has been brought home healthy from prison on 28 January 2021 his lawyer Liang Xiaojun told.


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