Bhonkho Kyi

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བོན་ཁོ་སྐྱིད།
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Prisoner image
Does it have an image?
Yes
Gender
Female
Age at Detention
48
Detention Year
2010s: 2015
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
20/11/2015
Occupation at Detention
Civil society
Description of event

Bhonkho Kyi was arbitrarily detained at around 20 November 2015, for assisting in the organization of a public picnic to commemorate the 80th birthday of the Dalai Lama.

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Association
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Sentencing Court
Barkham Intermediate People's Court
Length of Sentence
7 years
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Comments

She had been detained earlier for unknown reasons for several months in 2011 and 2012. With help from some relatives, she was released at the time but remained under close surveillance by the authorities.

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