Beijing - A Chinese court has sentenced the founder of a Tibetan-language website to 15 years in prison for "disclosing state secrets," and a Tibetan blogger was sentenced to five years in prison, officials and rights groups said on Tuesday. Kunchok Tsephel, 39, was given the longer sentence by the Intermediate People's Court in the Gannan Tibetan prefecture of the north-western province of Gansu, apparently for charges linked to postings on his website and for passing on information about protests by Tibetans last year.
A court official confirmed the 15-year sentence against Kunchok Tsephel to the German Press Agency
