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Home > Paljor Norbu

Paljor Norbu
he depuTraditional Tibetan printer, arrested October 31, 2008 in Lhasa, Tibet, for allegedly printing “prohibited material,” including the banned Tibetan flag. Norbu was sentenced during a secret trial in November 2008 to seven years in prison, possibly on charges of “inciting separatism.” He is being held incommunicado at an undisclosed location.
 
 
 

 

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