Sonam Dhondup
POLITICAL PRISONER- Does it have an image?
- No
- Gender
- Male
- Age at Detention
- 26
- Origin County Level
- Origin County Geolocation
Latitude: 29.8946899
Longitude: 91.2619
- Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
- Phenpo Lhundrup County(ཕན་པོ་ལྷུན་འགྲུབ་རྩེ།)
- Origin Province
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- Origin Prefecture
- Lhasa
- Occupation at Detention
- Religious
- Vulnerable Group at Detention
- Religious
- Date of arrest
- 22/02/1995
- Description of event
Sonam Dhondup, a 26-year-old monk from Phensta Township in Phenpo Lhundrup County and a member of Nalanda Monastery, was arrested on 22 February 1995 for participating in a demonstration in Lhasa. At the time of his arrest, he was found carrying a Tibetan national flag, and a subsequent raid on his monastery reportedly uncovered posters bearing slogans such as “Chinese out of Tibet.”
Following his arrest, Sonam Dhondup was sentenced to 12 years in prison, along with an additional five years’ deprivation of political rights.
- Violations Faced in Detention
- No Fair Trial: No family meet ups
- No Fair Trial: No legal representation
- Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: Use of Tiger Chairs
- Details of Violations Faced in Detention
During his detention, he was subjected to severe beatings and coerced into making confessions. His case was handled through politically motivated legal proceedings that lacked basic standards of fairness and due process, reflecting the broader repression of peaceful political expression in Tibet.
- Types of Human Rights Violations
- Legal and Procedural Rights Violations: Right to Fair Trial
- Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
- Length of Sentence
- 12 years (additional five years’ deprivation of political rights)
- Prison Location
- Type of Sources
- Primary: TCHRD field sources
- Torture
- Torture
- Published
- Published