Tenzin Thupten from Michungri nunnery was about to complete her prison term when she participated in recording songs conveying messages of freedom and words to her friends inside the prison. Today Tenzin Thupten is languishing in one of the worst prisons in Tibet, Drapchi prisn with a prison term of fourteen years. Tenzin Thupten (layname-Dawa Yangkyi), born in Melldro Gongkar…
Phuntsok Nyidon is 28 year old nun from Michungri Nunnery. She was sentenced to nine years and later eight years imprisonment, first for a peaceful demonstration and then for singing independence songs. Her dedication to the cause of human rights in Tibet earned the Reebok Human Rights Award in 1995. Phuntsok Nyidon (father: Tashi Wangpo, mother: Palkyi) was born in…