Jigme Gyatso

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
འཇིགས་མེད་རྒྱ་མཚོ།(Jinmei Jiacuo)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
39
Detention Year
2010s: 2015
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 34.5694

Longitude: 103.573

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Chone County(ཅོ་ནེ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Gansu Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
9/03/2015
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Chone County Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Police
Description of event

Suspected of planning a protest to be held on March 10; he was accused of involvement in 'activities to split the motherland' and was beaten and tortured by police. He was also accused of sharing images of the banned TIbetan national flag and of spreading politically sensitive information with other groups on his mobile via social media. Belongs to Chone Dethang Monastery

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
  • Right to privacy
Status of Detention
Released: On bail
Published
Published