BEIJING (REUTERS).- A Chinese court in the far western region of Xinjiang has sentenced a leading Tibetan collector of antiquities and environmentalist to 15 years in jail for robbing graves, his lawyer said on Friday. Karma Samdup was sentenced on Thursday for excavating and robbing ancient tombs, a charge brought and dropped in 1998, lawyer Pu Zhiqiang said. “He is innocent. They did not provide any evidence. It is a miscarriage of justice,” Pu told Reuters by telephone. The lawyer said that although Karma Samdup mentally was fine, he had been shocked by his client’s appearance. “He looked terrible. He’s lost a lot of weight in jail and says he was treated terribly,” Pu said. The philanthropist was arrested in southwestern Chengdu city in early January and taken to northwestern Xinjiang region for trial as that was where the charges originated. He was also involved in a well-respected environmental group working to protect rivers on the Tibetan plateau and had been praised by