Tibetan writer and photographer Mr Gunga Tsangyang was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on Saturday by the Chinese People's Intermediate Court.
Mr Tsangyang, whose pen name is Gangnyi, or 'Snow Sun', was convicted on three counts, in the Amdho area of south Guangzhou Province, Tibet. He faced charges of writing 'splittist' articles, breaching national security, and communicating with Shingsa Rinpoche, an exiled Buddhist leader who lives in south India.
The arrest was apparently made because of political essays Mr Tsangyang published on the website Zindris, or 'Jottings'.