Dalai Lama Photo Lands Chinese Activist in Jail, Son Questions Inciting Separatism Charge - The Tribune

Dalai Lama photo lands Chinese activist in jail, son questions Inciting Separatism charge - The Tribune

According to the Phayul report, Zhang Yi, a retired resident of Wuhan, was detained by police in Lhasa on July 1 after showing a photograph of the Dalai Lama to a Tibetan woman at Sera Monastery.

Dalai Lama Photo Lands Chinese Activist in Jail, Son Questions 'Inciting Separatism' Charge

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. According to the Phayul report, Zhang Yi, a retired resident of Wuhan, was detained by police in Lhasa on July 1 after showing a photograph of the Dalai Lama to a Tibetan woman at Sera Monastery. World News | Dalai Lama Photo Lands Chinese Activist in Jail, Son Questions 'Inciting Separatism' Charge.

Son of Chinese activist detained over Dalai Lama photo questions “separatism” charge

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 18: The son of imprisoned Chinese pro-democracy activist Zhang Yi has questioned the legal basis of the “inciting separatism” charge brought against his father, saying he cannot understand how the simple act of showing a photograph of the Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, could be construed as a political offence. In a testimony submitted to the New York-based human rights organisation H…