Silenced Songs: Tashi Dhondup

We are pleased to announce that since this story was broad­cast, Tibetan singer Tashi Dhondup has been released from prison.
Read the story at High Peaks, Pure Earth.

In Tibet, it turns out, even the wrong ring­tone can get you arrested

The 2nd in our series show­ing how Tibetans are express­ing their hopes and frus­tra­tions through the arts.

There are a lot of artists who can't tolerate this kind of censorship.

We hear about the jailed musi­cian Tashi Dhondup who was arrested for his song “Torture with­out Trace” about the 2008 upris­ing, and learn how exiled Tibetan musi­cians are doing their bit to raise aware­ness of his plight and of other artists impris­oned sim­ply for chal­leng­ing the view of the state.