Ngawang Sangdrol
Female, Person
1977 –
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Who is Ngawang Sangdrol?
Ngawang Sangdrol is a former political prisoner, imprisoned at the age of 13 by the Government of the People's Republic of China, for peacefully demonstrating against the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1992. She was at first held for eight months without trial, before being sentenced to a three-year prison term. Her sentence was extended repeatedly for continued protest in prison, which included recording a tape of freedom songs with 13 other nuns from Drapchi Prison that was smuggled out of Tibet.
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- Born
- 1977
Lhasa - Employment
- International Campaign for Tibet
- Lived in
- Lhasa
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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