Lobsang Choephel

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བློ་བཟང་ཆོས་འཕེལ།(Luosang Qiepei)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
19
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
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
12/05/2011
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Ngaba PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

Information is not available about Lobsang Choephel’s place of detention or the reason for it ; but implied that the detention is linked to a security crackdown at the monastery following the March 16 ; 2011 ; self-immolation of a Kirti monk. (Monk Phuntsog committed self-immolation on the third anniversary of a large-scale protest in Aba in 2008 that included some Tibetan rioting and resulted in PSB officials and PAP opening fire and allegedly killing at least 10 Tibetans.) Belongs to Kirti Monastery

Prison Location
Status of Detention
Detained
Published
Published