23. May 2009
Chinese court sentences six monks in Chamdo
(TCHRD) Chinese authorities in Chamdo (Chin: Qamdo) sentenced six Tibetan monks to varying prison terms for their alleged involvement in two explosions that occurred near the government administrative building in Choekhor township, Jomda (Jiangda) county, Chamdo Prefecture on 05 January 2009, causing damage to property but no casualties. According to TCHRD, the monks, from Dhen Choekor monastery, were probably part of a group of seven arrested following the blasts and various protests held in January 2009.