Tsering Phuntsok

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Gender
Male
Age at Detention
26
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 28.9115199

Longitude: 89.6055799999999

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Gyantse County(རྒྱང་རྩེ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Shigatse (Ch: Xigaze) Prefecture
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Date of arrest
15/07/1990
Detention Centre/Prison
Drapchi Prison
Description of event

Tsering Phuntsok, born in 1964 and originally from Gyantse in Shigatse Prefecture, was a monk at Palkhor Choede Monastery. He was arrested on 15 July 1990 and subsequently sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment. He served his sentence in Drapchi Prison, one of Tibet’s most prominent detention facilities for political prisoners.

Length of Sentence
13 years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Type of Sources
  • Primary: TCHRD field sources
Published
Published