Asam

POLITICAL PRISONER
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No
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
21
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 29.6868

Longitude: 98.45

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Markham County(སྨར་ཁམས་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Chamdo (Ch: Qamdo) Prefecture
Occupation at Detention
Agricultural
Grounds for Detention
  • Counter revolutionary
  • Inciting separatism
Date of arrest
06/01/1961
Description of event

Asam, born in 1939, is a farmer from Markham, Tibet. He was arbitrarily arrested on 6 January 1961 for resisting the Chinese invasion of Tibet. He was denied due process and sentenced to life imprisonment without a fair trial. During his detention, he was subjected to torture and forced labour. After spending decades in custody, he was eventually released and escaped to India on 13 April 1988.

Violations Faced in Detention
  • 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
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Type of Sources
  • Primary: TCHRD field sources
Torture
Torture
Published
Published
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