BEIJING: China said on Tuesday that two Tibetans had been executed for their role in deadly ethnic unrest that rocked the Himalayan region last year - the first known use of capital punishment over the violence. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia
from Channel NewsAsia on Tue, Oct 27 2009
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