Gangkye Drupa Kyab

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
(Gonggei Dubajia)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
41
Detention Year
2020s: 2023
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
23/03/2021
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Gangkye Drupa Kyab, 41, writer and father of two from Serthar (Ch: Seda) County. Arbitrarily detained on 23 March 2021. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison in September 2022. Previously arrested and sentenced on 15 February 2012 and released on 16 September 2016. Detained again two days later for 17 days for holding His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s portrait on his head at the welcome feast held to celebrate his release from prison.

Sentencing Court
Nyagchu County People's Court
Length of Sentence
14 Years
Prison Location
  • Sichuan province
Comments

detained again a day after his release for brain washing

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