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A court in Tibet has jailed 17 people for taking part in riots in the capital Lhasa last month, Chinese state media has said.
The prison terms are reported to range from three years to life.
Anti-China protests led by Buddhist monks began in Lhasa on 10 March and gradually escalated into rioting.
China says at least 19 people were killed by the rioters - but Tibetan
exiles say that nearly 100 were killed by the Chinese security forces.
A court in Lhasa handed down the verdicts at an "open trial"
attended by more than 200 people, including Buddhist monks, medical
workers and "masses from all walks of life", state television reported. CONTINUE READING HERE