Gyaltsen

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
རྒྱལ་མཚན།(Jiancan)
Gender
Male
Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 27.9909899

Longitude: 91.9571

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Tsona County(མཚོ་སྣ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Lhoka (Ch: Shannan) Prefecture
Date of Detention
15/03/2008
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Qushui Prison
Description of event

According to sources ; “following a peaceful protest by fifteen Tibetans in the streets of Lithang main market ; they were later joined by few Tibetan onlookers in the street. The Lithang County Public Security Bureau (PSB) and People's Armed Police (PAP) detained five more Tibetans along with 15 other known Tibetans who staged a peaceful protest demonstration in Lithang on 16 February 2009 and were brutally beaten ; manhandled at the site of the demonstration before being forcibly loaded into military trucks. Belongs to Samye Monastery

Sentencing Court
Lhoka Intermediate People's Court
Length of Sentence
15 Years
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
Published
Published
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