China sentences Tibetan film-maker: "A Chinese court has handed a six-year prison term to a Tibetan film-maker who made an internationally watched documentary in which ordinary people aired grievances, his family says.
Dhondup Wangchen, 35, had trekked across the Himalayan territory for five months asking about topics including Chinese rule, the exiled Dalai Lama and the Olympics which Beijing was preparing to hold in August 2008.
The self-taught film-maker was arrested in March that year as major protests erupted in Tibet.
He had just completed the film, Leaving Fear Behind, which has since been screened in more than 30 countries."
THIS IS FROM NINE OR MSN NEWS..
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