Choephel

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཆོས་འཕེལ།(Quepei)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
33
Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 32.9024499

Longitude: 101.70634

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Ngaba County(རྔ་བ་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
4/04/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Dzoege PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

The Intermediate People's Court of Ngaba County convicted Choephel on alleged crimes of leading protest ; looting and ransacking County Public Security Bureau (PSB) office and burning national flag in a series of protests that took place in Ngaba County last spring.

Sentencing Court
Ngaba Intermediate People's Court
Length of Sentence
4 Years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
Comments

Choephel is known to have been blinded his left eye from the injuries he sustained during security forces assault on 17 March raid at his home ; ” sources described. Choephel is known to have been taken to a distant Menyang Court ; about 200 Kms outside the provincial capital ; Chengdu.

Published
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