Namgyal Tsultrim
POLITICAL PRISONER- Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
- རྣམ་རྒྱལ་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས།(Nanjia Cichen)
- Gender
- Male
- Age at Detention
- 40
- Detention Year
- 2010s: 2015
- 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
- Date of Detention
- 14/03/2015
- Occupation at Detention
- Religious
- Vulnerable Group at Detention
- Religious
- Type of Place of Current Detention
- Detention centre
- Detention Centre/Prison
- Sog PSB Detention Centre
- Description of event
Chinese police detained 7 monks from Tsenden monastery in Sog on 14 March ; which coincided with the 2008 uprising anniversary when Tibetans protested against the Chinese government in Lhasa igniting widespread demonstrations in many parts of Tibet. Local Tibetans suspect that the monks were detained for sharing information and images related to incidents in Tibet Belongs to Tsenden Monastery
- Types of Human Rights Violations
- Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Assembly
- Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
- Prison Location
- Status of Detention
- Detained
- Comments
This is the third time that Namgyal Tsultrim have been detained. In 2011 ; he was detained for a week on suspicion that he contacted people outside Tibet. Again on 6 October 2012 ; he has detained for four months and Twenty Days At A Detention Centre In Nakchu. He Was Subsequently Charged And Imprisoned For Three Months And Eleven Days At Toelung Dechen Prison In Lhasa Prefecture.
- Published
- Published
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