-By Radio Free Asia
Kunchok Tsephel was editor of a website promoting classical and modern Tibetan literature.
A Tibetan writer jailed for 15 years for writings deemed separatist by Chinese authorities has been released two years before finishing his sentence, with no word immediately available regarding his present state of health, Tibetan sources say.
Kunchok Tsephel, born in 1970, was freed from custody on March 18 and has returned to his family home in Machu (in Chinese, Maqu) county in Gansu province’s Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, an India-based Tibetan rights group said this week.
“He is back with his family now, but we still don’t know about his current health condition,” Tsering Tsomo, director of the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) told RFA, citing sources in Tibet.
“All we can do is hope that he is doing well,” Tsomo said. “The Chinese government usually keeps political prisoners and their families under close surveillance, so it is very difficult for us to get more information for now. Click here to read more.