Yiga

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཡིད་དགའ།(Yijia)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
17
Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 33.62

Longitude: 102.94

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Dzoege County(མཛོད་དགེ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
31/01/2013
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
Grounds for Detention
  • Disrupting social order
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Barkham PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

Yega "plotted" to self-immolate with the others (Rinchen and Sonam Dhargyal but "lost his nerve;" he allegedly bought gasoline with them and went to self-immolation site to "assist"

Prison Location
Status of Detention
Detained
Published
Published