Release Dolma Kyab
Dolma Kyab (Chinese name: Zhou Shique) was a Tibetan writer
and history teacher in Lhasa. He was in his twenties when
the PRC detained him on March 2005 and charged him with
'endagnering state security.' He had been working on a
book titled, The Restless Himalayas. The topic of the book
was Tibet's geography, history and religion. The official
charges that were brought against Kyab are unknown to the public.
As a result, he was convicted in a closed trial and is currently
serving a 10-year prison sentence.
A letter smuggled out of prison written by Kyab states that he was sentenced to ten years because the authorities accused him of espionage. He is likely to have been charged with crimes involving 'state secrets', ie any information seen as a secret by the Chinese state, which would often be regarded as public knowledge in many other countries.