Khedup

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
མཁས་གྲུབ།(Kezhu)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
50
Detention Year
2010s: 2016
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 33.6786199

Longitude: 101.56325

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Machu County(རྨ་ཆུ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Gansu Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
14/12/2016
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Police
Description of event

Police suspected Khedup of sending photos and video clips of the 8 Dec 2016 self-immolation protest of Machu resident Tashi Rabten to international media ; the source said. Belongs to Mura Monastery

Length of Sentence
1 month 7 days
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Comments

But the authorities could not produce any evidence of his crime ; and he was therefore released on Jan. 21 ; 2017 ; ” he said.

Published
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