Tibetan rights defender Tsering Tso sentenced to one year in prison

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 22: Tibetan human rights defender Tsering Tso has been sentenced to one year in prison by the Trikha (Ch. Guide) County People’s Court in Tsolho (Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Amdo, eastern Tibet, on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” a vague offence frequently used by Chinese authorities to silence dissent, according to reports from Tibet Times, a Dharamshala-based Tibetan media outlet.

The verdict was delivered on December 9, 2025. The court ruled that the one-year sentence would be suspended for a period of two years, placing Tsering Tso under probation. Despite the suspension, she remains under strict surveillance and movement restricti...

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