Kunga

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཀུན་དགའ།(Gongga)
Gender
Male
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 29.8946899

Longitude: 91.2619

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Phenpo Lhundrup County(ཕན་པོ་ལྷུན་འགྲུབ་རྩེ།)
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Lhasa
Date of Detention
31/03/2011
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Qushui Prison
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

In April 2011 ; officials reportedly detained six Tibetan residents of Pangduo (Phongdo) township ; Linzhou (Lhundup) county ; Lhasa municipality ; for allegedly leading protests against mining projects in the Pangduo area that began as early as 2000 and that reportedly resulted in environmental damage and the displacement of Tibetan farmers and herders ; and for allegedly seeking to “split” Tibet from China. A Court subsequently sentenced all six men to imprisonment: Kunga and Pema (12 years in prison); Choeying Oezer (or Woeser) ; Ngawang Yeshi ; and Penpa (11 years); and Pema Gyalpo (8 years).

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Length of Sentence
12 Years
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
Published
Published