Dhondup Wangchen Jailed for Leaving Fear Behind

By Michael Walsh
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/dhondup_wangchen_jailed_leaving_fear_behind_20100106/
In a secret sentencing held by the Xilin People’s Court in the Chinese province of Qinghai, 35-year-old moviemaker Dhondup Wangchen was sentenced to six years in prison on December 28, 2009 for the crime of “splitting the motherland,” stemming from his documentary, Leaving Fear Behind.