Former prisoner: Nyima Choedron |
 | Nyima Choedron We received news on 29 June that Nyima Choedron, Bangri Rinpoche's wife was released in February 2006, a year before her ten year sentence for 'splittism' would have expired. She is now reunited with her seven year old daughter who was born just before her arrest. She was arrested together with her husband, Bangri Rinpoche, who is serving an 18-year prison sentence and is due to get released in 2021. Nyima Choedron, was described by former prisoners who knew her in Drapchi prison as highly educated and fluent in English, Chinese and Tibetan, has had her sentence reduced twice, by 18 months in 2003, and by another year in February 2004. She spent approximately one year in solitary confinement when she first arrived at Drapchi. She was assigned with light manual labour (knitting) but her eyesight is poor and she may have other more serious medical concerns. |