#JusticeDenied
Summary: A-Nya Sengdra, a Tibetan nomad and environmental activist from eastern Tibet, arrested and charged on false charges linked to his peaceful activism as an environmentalist, community leader and anti-corruption activist.
Charge: “gathering people to disturb public order”
Sentence: Seven Years
Status: A-Nya Sengdra is awaiting his appeal hearing, which was due to take place on 27 April 2020 but was postponed. He is being held in extremely poor conditions and is in ill health with high blood pressure for which he does not have the correct medical treatment.
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Demand the immediate release of A-Nya Sengdra!
A-Nya Sengdra, a Tibetan nomad and environmental activist from eastern Tibet, was sentenced in December 2019 to seven years in prison.
HIS CRIME? Working with his community on environment protection actions and anti-corruption.
For this A-Nya was detained on 4 September 2018 and beaten by Chinese security officers . He was then held for over 14 months without trial.
A-Nya was charged with “gathering people to disturb public order”, when he was simply resisting China’s failed Tibet policies and pressing for environmental protections and end to local authority corruption.
His arrest and detention appear to be a response to his peaceful activism as an environmentalist, community leader and anti-corruption activist.
A-Nya Sengdra must be immediately released.
