Tsetan Namgyal

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Gender
Male
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 29.2670499

Longitude: 88.88116

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Shigatse County(གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།)
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Shigatse (Ch: Xigaze) Prefecture
Occupation at Detention
Agricultural
Date of arrest
11/03/1959
Description of event

Tsetan Namgyal, a farmer from Shigatse County, was arrested on 11 March 1959 for participating in the Tibetan resistance against the invading Chinese forces during the Tibetan People's Uprising. While in custody, he was subjected to torture and forced labour. He was imprisoned for 12 years before his release and later escaped to India in 1983.

Violations Faced in Detention
  • Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: Forced Labor
  • Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: Use of Tiger Chairs
Length of Sentence
12 years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Type of Sources
  • Primary: TCHRD field sources
Torture
Torture
Published
Published
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