Tashi Wangchuk
Tashi Wangchuk born in 1985 in Kyegudo, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 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. 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, "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.
Tashi Wangchuk
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- 1985 · Gyêgu Subdistrict.
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- film director
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Tashi Wangchuk born in 1985 in Kyegudo, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 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. 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, "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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Tashi Wangchuk (born 1985) is a film director.
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- 1.Article auteur1= Chine : cinq ans de prison pour avoir défendu le droit à étudier en tibétain Courrier international 23 mai 2018 lire en https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/chine-cinq-ans-de-prison-pour-avoir-defendu-le-droit-etudier-en-tibetain consulté le=4 septembre 2026 .
- 2.Article auteur1=Raphaël Balenieri Un Tibétain jugé en Chine pour avoir tenu à sa langue dans un documentaire Libération (journal) Libération 05-01-2018 lire en http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2018/01/05/un-tibetain-juge-en-chine-pour-avoir-tenu-a-sa-langue-dans-un-documentaire_1620651 consulté le=20-09-2020 .
- 3., China to Try Tibetan Education Advocate Detained for 2 Years, New York Times, 30 décembre 2017
- 4.Tibetan Language Rights Advocate Tashi Wangchuk’s Trial Ends Without a Verdict. tibet.net via Internet Archive.
- 5.China: UN human rights experts condemn 5-year jail term for Tibetan activist. Protecting Defenders. 2018-06-01. 2018-10-01.
- 6.Chine. Un militant tibétain condamné à une peine ridiculement injuste de 5 ans de prison après être apparu dans une vidéo du New York Times. amnesty.org. 22-05-2018.
- 7.Tenzin Dharpo, Tibetan activist's appeal against 5-year sentence rejected, Phayul.com, 24 août 2018
- 8.Prison pour le tibétain qui a parlé à la presse Le Matin, 7 septembre 2018
- 9.Badiucao: Silencing the Snow Lion China Digital Times, 8 janvier 2018
- 10.L’UE demande à la Chine la libération de la « journaliste citoyenne » Zhang Zhan Le Nouvel Obs, 29/12/2020 :
- 11.https://savetibet.org/tashi-wangchuk/
- 12.Former political prisoner interrogated for his language advocacy. phayul.com via Internet Archive. 19-01-2022.
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