[4] As a 13-year-old nun Ngawang became one of the youngest people convicted in China for calling for Tibet's independence.

In addition to this extension, the fourteen nuns were reportedly beaten for refusing to sing pro-china songs during a later flag raising ceremony.

[2] This sentiment is also carried in many of the nun's lyrics that were recorded: "We friends and prisoners, We will look for joy [the Dalai Lama], It doesn’t matter if we are beaten, / Our arms cannot be separated, The eastern cloud is not fixed on the horizon,

[8] In addition, Ngawang was also nominated by members of [clarification needed] the European Parliament for the 2001 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought.

[13] Since her release and exile Ngawang has remained a prominent figure in the Tibetan independence movement.

In 2003 French authors Philippe Broussard and Danielle Laeng released the book, "Prisonnière à Lhassa" (which translates into English as 'The Prisoner of Lhasa') detailing the ongoing protests, imprisonment and subsequent release of Ngawang Sangdrol.

[14] The book inspired the French Film Director Marie Louville to create the 2006 documentary with the same name.