Jampa Choedon

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བྱམས་པ་ཆོས་སྒྲོན།(Jiangbai Quedan)
Gender
Female
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
15/06/2011
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Date of arrest
unsure
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

From June 13 to 28 ; 2011 ; Public security bureau officials in the seat of Ganzi (Kardze) county ; Ganzi TAP ; Sichuan province ; detained 7 nuns from a local nunnery for staging peaceful political protests. Nuns Jampa Choedron ; Shi Lhamo ; and Yangchen ; protested on June 15 ; scattering leaflets and shouting slogans. Police beat the three nuns and took them away. On July 2 the Ganzi County People's Court sentenced Jampa Choedron ; Shi Lhamo ; and Yangchen to 3 years' imprisonment on an unknown charge

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
3 Years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published