Tenzin

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བསྟན་འཛིན།(Danzeng)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
21
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 32.9024499

Longitude: 101.70634

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Ngaba County(རྔ་བ་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
25/03/2011
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Ngaba PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

In late March 2011 Public security bureau officials detained at least four Kirti Monastery monks as part of what reports described as a security crackdown amidst a tense environment following the March 16 ; 2011 ; self-immolation of a Kirti monk ; Phuntsok. On March 25 ; security officials detained monk (or former monk) Lobsang Tsepak in Beijing ; where he was a student at Beijing University. On the same date at about midnight ; security officials detained monk Tenzin from his quarters at Kirti Monastery ; Belongs to Kirti Monastery

Length of Sentence
10 Years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
Published
Published