Yonten Gyatso

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཡོན་བསྟན་རྒྱ་མཚོ།(Yundan Jiacuo)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
37
Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 33.62

Longitude: 102.94

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Dzoege County(མཛོད་དགེ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
31/07/2013
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Dzoege PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

The detention was reported to be the "immediate cause" of the July 20 ; 2013 Self-Immolation of monk Kunchok Sonam on the premises of Sogtsang monastery

Length of Sentence
3.5 years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published
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