{"id":13075,"date":"2024-11-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/tibetan-environmentalist-karma-samdrup-released-after-a-decade-and-a-half-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T23:00:00","slug":"tibetan-environmentalist-karma-samdrup-released-after-a-decade-and-a-half-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/tibetan-environmentalist-karma-samdrup-released-after-a-decade-and-a-half-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan environmentalist Karma Samdrup released after a decade and a half in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Prominent Tibetan environmentalist and philanthropist, Karma Samdrup, who has been serving a 15-year prison sentence, has been released upon completion of term. He was first detained on 7 January 2010 and sentenced on 24 June 2010.<\/a>

The Chinese sentence document said his imprisonment would run until 19 November 2024<\/a>, after taking off the time served in detention prior to sentencing. Tibet Times<\/a> reported that Karma might have been released yesterday and is believed to have arrived at his home. A picture of Karma, presumably taken soon after his release, shows a frail but spirited Karma walking with the support of two men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\"\"Photo: Tibet Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unjust imprisonment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Karma, then 42-years-old, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in June 2010 by the Yanqi Hui Autonomous County People\u2019s Court in Xinjiang (known to Uyghurs as East Turkestan). He was detained following unsuccessful efforts to secure the release of his two brothers, who were imprisoned in August 2009 for their efforts to conserve wildlife in Chamdo (Changdu) in Tibet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brothers, Rinchen Samdrup and Chime Namgyal had then run into conflict with the local authorities. Karma, then a businessman and collector of Tibetan art and founder of the award-winning Three Rivers Environmental Protection Group, was detained on trumped up charges of excavating and robbing ancient tombs and for which he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Karma has been released, the Xinjiang court\u2019s supplementary punishment of five years deprivation of political rights went into effect starting from the date of his release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to China\u2019s Criminal Law, Karma\u2019s civil and political liberties are restricted which includes the right to vote and to stand for election, freedom of speech, assembly, association and the right to hold position in state organizations, state-owned company, enterprise, institutions and people\u2019s organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The International Campaign for Tibet continues to monitor the status of Karma Samdrup, and has advocated for his release and reported on his case from the beginning. For more information on his arrest and trial, please read our earlier report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fears for three environmentalist brothers as \u2018gaunt\u2019 Karma Samdrup on trial after torture<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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