If convicted, he could face a prison term of five years or as many as 15 years, Liang said. Tashi was detained in January 2016, two months after The Times published its video and accompanying article. Minority rights are protected under China’s constitution, as is the right to sue government officials, he says in the video. “All Tashi Wangchuk has done is peacefully advocate for constitutionally guaranteed rights,” said Human Rights Watch China director Sophie Richardson. And its courts often hand down particularly harsh punishment to those criticizing the government’s ethnic policies relative to other issues.

Source: National Post January 04, 2018 06:45 UTC