Jinpa

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
སྦྱིན་པ།(Jinba)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
37
Detention Year
2000s: 2006
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 32.2681399

Longitude: 100.33264

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Serthar County(གསེར་རྟ་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
23/08/2006
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Kardze Prison
Description of event

On 8 August 2005 ; political leaflets calling for Tibetan independence and the Dalai Lama’s long life were in distribution at the Serthar County festival ground. The Public Security Bureau (PSB) upon investigation into the incident suspected Khenpo Jinpa of carrying the activity. On 23 August 2006 ; three PSB officers arrived at Chogtsang Talung monastery and took him away to a detention centre in Dartsedo County. Three days later ten vehicles full of PSB officers arrived at the monastery. The officers broke the lock at Khenpo Jinpa’s room and went on a rampage looking for evidence. Belongs to Taglung Monastery

Sentencing Court
Kardze Intermediate People's Court
Length of Sentence
3 Years
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published