Sonam Gewa

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བསོད་ནམས་དགེ་བ།
Gender
Male
Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 32.8929499

Longitude: 95.30102

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Dzatoe County(རྫ་སྟོད་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Chamdo (Ch: Qamdo) Prefecture
Date of Detention
8/03/2012
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

There is unconfirmed news that he was suspected of participating in a protest that was staged on 8 February by monks from Zilkar Monastery Belongs to Nyatso Zilkar Monastery

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Sentencing Court
Xining Intermediate People's Court
Length of Sentence
2 Years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
Comments

Based on his sentence period ; he is supposed to be released by now but no information is released about his release or he is still being held in the prison.

Published
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