Profiles
Accomplished Tibetan Women
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Phuntsok Nyidron:
Longest-Serving Female Political Prisoner of Conscience in Tibet
Phuntsok Nyidron, a nun from Michungri nunnery,
was arrested on October 14, 1989 for participating
in a peaceful demonstration at Norbulingka, Lhasa and sentence to 9 years.
She was kicked and beaten during the arrest and later given electric shocks
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Woeser:
A Silenced Writer Further Restricted
A beacon of truth casting light on Tibet's dark history
under Chinese tyranny, 400-year-old Woeser authors various kinds
of literature, employing her extraordinary talent in Chinese,
to praise her Tibetan heritage and correct China's red interpretation
of Tibet's past,
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