Ani Pachen Dolma (1933-2002)
Adelaide Donnelley reports on the life and death of Tibetan nun Ani Pachen Dolma, imprisoned for twenty-one years for resisting the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
Adelaide Donnelley
Adelaide Donnelley has worked as a psychologist, photographer, and writer. In 2000 she cowrote Sorrow Mountain with Ani Pachen. She lives in Berkeley, California.
Above: Ani Pachen speaks before a browd protesting the U.S. decision to grant China "most favored nation" trading status without addressing human rights violations. Below: Ani Pachen at the conclusion of a free Tibet march in California.
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