Sonam Choedon

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བསོད་ནམས་ཆོས་སྒྲོན།(Suonan Quedan)
Gender
Female
Age at Detention
36
Detention Year
2000s: 2008
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
14/05/2008
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Kardze PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

Around 200 nuns of Puruna Nunnery and Yangteng Nunnery carried out protests against the Chinese Government in Kardze County in 2008 during the nationwide uprising that sparked off from the Tibetan capital Lhasa. Several nuns were detained in the aftermath of the protests. Belongs to Pruna nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Comments

jailed in May 2008 had become “mentally unsound” after being reportedly tortured in prison and was handed over to her family in September 2008 ; according to reliable information received by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).

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