Dawa Tsering
POLITICAL PRISONER- Does it have an image?
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- Gender
- Male
- Age at Detention
- 22
- 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
- Occupation at Detention
- Religious
- Vulnerable Group at Detention
- Religious
- Date of arrest
- 07/03/1989
- Detention Centre/Prison
- Drapchi Prison
- Responsible for arrest and detention
- Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
- Description of event
Dawa Tsering, a Tibetan monk, was first arrested in 1989 after participating in a peaceful protest in Lhasa Barkhor district by displaying the banned Tibetan national flag during Martial Law. He was detained at Gutsa Detention Centre and, in 1990, sentenced to three years of “reform through labour” at Drapchi Prison. There, he was beaten and subjected to forced labour, resulting in lasting physical injury. He was released in May 1992.
In June 1997, Dawa Tsering was arrested on charges related to distributing materials from India and documenting political prisoners. He was detained at Lhoka Tsethang PSB Detention Centre under harsh conditions and denied basic rights. In December 1997, he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and three years’ deprivation of political rights and transferred to Drapchi Prison.
- Place(s) of Previous Detention
- Detention centre
- Violations Faced in Detention
- Denial of Medical Treatment
- Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: Forced Labor
- Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: Use of Tiger Chairs
- No Fair Trial: No family meet ups
- No Fair Trial: No legal representation
- Details of Violations Faced in Detention
Dawa Tsering was repeatedly detained and punished for peaceful political expression. He was arbitrarily arrested in 1989, beaten and subjected to forced labour in Drapchi Prison from 1990 to 1992, resulting in lasting injury. After his rearrest in 1997, he endured inhumane interrogation, denial of fair trial, family visits, and inadequate living conditions before being unfairly sentenced to five years’ imprisonment
- Types of Human Rights Violations
- Legal and Procedural Rights Violations: Right to Fair Trial
- Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
- Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Liberty and security of person
- Sentencing Court
- Lhoka Intermediate People's Court
- Length of Sentence
- 8 years (In 1990, he was sentenced to three years and In December 1997, he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and three years’ deprivation of political rights)
- Prison Location
- Type of Sources
- Primary: TCHRD field sources
- Torture
- Torture
- Published
- Published
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