Kyil Khar

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
དཀྱིལ་མཁར།
Gender
Male
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.8867299

Longitude: 93.7855599999999

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Sog County(སོག་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Drapchi Prison
Description of event

In 1997 during a visit to Drapchi Prison by a delegation of United Nations Commission on Arbitrary Detention. Kyil Khar, Sonam Tsewang from Meldro County and Wangdu from Sakya County demonstrated a protest shouting slogans for long live of the Dalai Lama and for Tibet's independence. Their prison sentences were extended by further five years however information regarding their original sentences and charges remain unknown.

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
Published
Published