The violence was an echo of rioting and mass protests that broke out across Tibetan-populated regions of China in March last year.
According to the Tibetan center, those sentenced last week included six Tibetan Buddhist monks and two lay people. The harshest sentence of seven years was given to Palden Gyatso, a senior monk at the local Ragya Monastery, while other monks were given sentences from one to four years, the center said.
The two lay people were given sentences of six months and one year, it said.
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