Yonten

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཡོན་བསྟན།(Yundan)
Gender
Male
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 35.1991

Longitude: 102.5086

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Sangchu County(བསང་ཆུ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Gansu Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
1/08/2011
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Sangchu PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

Public security bureau officials detained four monks ; Tenzin Gyatso ; Jigme Samten ; Kaljam ; and Yonten ; when they “returned secretly” to Gyalmo Monastery ; located in Xiahe (Sangchu) county. RFA reported the monks had been hiding since 2008 ; when they fled after Gyalmo monks staged a protest. Police were waiting for them when they returned ; the source told RFA. Belongs to Gyalmo Monastery

Prison Location
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published