Open and Shut

, in editions that appeared on the streets of Beijing, says that courts in Tibet acquitted fewer than 1 percent of defendants between 1992 and 1997. Bai Zhao, president of the People's High Court, was quoted as saying that more than half the 6,000-plus defendants who were convicted received sentences ranging from five years to death.

The Tibet Daily, in editions that appeared on the streets of Beijing, says that courts in Tibet acquitted fewer than 1 percent of defendants between 1992 and 1997. Bai Zhao, president of the People's High Court, was quoted as saying that more than half the 6,000-plus defendants who were convicted received sentences ranging from five years to death.