Dharamshala, May 12 -- The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), through its Tibet Advocacy Section, has highlighted the case of Tibetan political prisoner Bhumpa Gyal. Bhumpa Gyal, a Tibetan webmaster, was arrested in November 2020 and later sentenced in 2022 to seven years in prison on charges of "illegal activities", as the CTA reported. For more than a decade, he worked on promoting digital literacy and preserving Tibetan culture by developing and supporting independent Tibetan-language websites.

CTA reported that his efforts included adapting the WordPress platform for Tibetan use and assisting independent creators in building digital platforms with greater autonomy despite strict censorship.

According to CTA's reported statements,...