Zom Lhagya

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
འཛོམས་ལྷ་རྒྱ།
Gender
Male
Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.4778499

Longitude: 93.6812999

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Diru County(འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture
Date of Detention
30/09/2013
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Qushui Prison
Description of event

Zom Lhagya was detained in the aftermath of the October 2012 self-immolation protest by Tibetan writer Gudrup in Diru County.

Length of Sentence
1 Year
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
Comments

His prison term expired ; however ; sources now say that his term was extended by another year.

Published
Published