11 July 2008
China jails twelve more Tibetans over March riots
(Xinhua) Xinhua reported that Chinese courts jailed twelve more Tibetans following the unrest in March. The report said that, to date, the authorities have convicted 42 people for their alleged role in the riots while another 116 await trial. Security forces detained some 953 people, Xinhua said, quoting Palma Trily (Tib:Padma Trinley, the executive vice-chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) government. He did not give details on the length of the latest 12 sentences handed down on 19 and 20 June but said neither these nor 30 people convicted earlier had received death sentences. "Whether or not the death penalty will be applied for suspects still being investigated has to be determined based on Chinese laws", Palma Trily was quoted as saying.