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218. SHOKJANG (Released)

DrukloName                        Druklo (Zhou Kajia)

Penname                Shokjang

Sex                              Male

Birth date              1984

Birth place             Xiahe (Sangchu) County, Gannan (Kanlho) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,Gansu Province

Resident place       Xiahe (Sangchu) County, Gannan (Kanlho) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,Gansu Province

Education                Graduate from Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province (2010)  Continue reading

China/Tibet: Writer and Activist sentenced to three years for ‘separatist’ writing and activities

Druklo19 February 2016 – The three year sentence handed down to Tibetan writer, translator and activist, Druklo (pen-name Shokjang), on 17 February 2016 is an appalling violation of free speech, PEN International said today.  PEN believes that the charges brought against Shokjang by the intermediate public court in Malho Prefecture (Jainca County), which include instigating a separatist riot in the 2008 Tibetan unrest and writing articles detrimental to social security on social networks, are solely for exercising his right to free speech. PEN International calls for his immediate and unconditional release. Continue reading