Reporte By Kelsang Jinpa

Translated By TenGyal

Edited by Kelsang Jinpa

A campaign has been launched demanding that Dorjee Tashi’s lawyer be granted the right to review the case files, and that a retrial be held for the unfair sentence passed against Dorjee Tashi.

On October 26, Gonpo Kyi, elder sister of the Tibetan political prisoner Dorje Tashi has once again staged a peaceful protest campaign in front of the so called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) High People’s Court, demanding a retrial for the unjust sentencing of Dorje Tashi.

In the two-point petition letter that she held in her hand, Gonpo Kyi stated that i) Dorje Tashi’s lawyer must be allowed to review his case file, and ii) the unfair sentence passed by the Court against Dorje Tashi must be reviewed, and a retrial must be convened. Furthermore, “Dorje Tashi is innocent” was inscribed below the two points.

Gonpo Kyi was ...