For example, Ngawang Sangdrol a young Tibetan nun, is presently serving a twenty-one year sentence in Tibet's new State Security Prison. She was first sentenced to three years imprisonment in 1992, for taking part in a peaceful pro-independence demonstration. That was increased in 1993 by six years for composing pro-independence songs in prison, and then increased further in 1996 and 1998 for alleged disobedience. She has been harshly treated in prison and there have been concerns about her health. Amnesty International is concerned that she may be tortured or ill-treated, as both are virtually inescapable in Tibetan prisons.
Repression is felt throughout China.
Individuals who have expressed dissenting views, including against corruption or about the environment, are jailed or sent to labour camps. Supporters of the Chinese Democratic Party and other pro-democracy activists are imprisoned solely because of their political views. Widespread arrests of the Falun Gong and other Qi Gong or religious groups continue, including Evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholics who worship outside official churches. Labour activists are regularly arrested and detained. People have been arrested for using the Internet to spread information about human rights.