Thabkhey Gyatso

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཐབས་མཁས་རྒྱ་མཚོ།(Taji Jiacuo)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
31
Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 35.1991

Longitude: 102.5086

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Sangchu County(བསང་ཆུ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Gansu Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
22/05/2008
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Grounds for Detention
  • Endangering state security
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • People's Armed Police (PAP)
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

Tsultrim Gyatso ; a 37-year-old from Yig-jang Village in Labrang (Ch: Xiahe) County ; and Thabkhay Gyatso ; 34 ; from Sangkag Village in Labrang County were detained for their participation in the 15 March protest that took place in Labrang last year. Both Tsultrim and Thabkhay are monks of Labrang Monastery in Sangchu County ; Gannan “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” (‘TAP’) Gansu Province. Belongs to Labrang Tashikyil Monastery

Length of Sentence
15 Years
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
Comments

Thapkay Gyatso ; a Tibetan monk from Labrang monastery ; serving 15 years sentence in a Chinese prison in Gansu Province ; is feared to be in critical health condition due to years of torture.

Published
Published
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