Riga

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
རི་དགའ།
Gender
Female
Age at Detention
20
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.6229999

Longitude: 99.99266

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Kardze County(དཀར་མཛེས་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
10/06/2011
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

At 2 PM the same day ; four nuns from Lamdrag Nunnery ; located near Gepheling Monastery ; shouted slogans and scattered leaflets until police detained them. Based on the reports ; the nuns’ names are: Riga (or Ringa; possibly Rinchen Choetso); Shoga (or Bomo Shoga; possibly Bumo Ga); Tsewang Dolma (possibly Tsega) ; and Dega Belongs to Lamdrag Nunnery

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Length of Sentence
2 Years
Prison Location
  • Sichuan province
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published