Choeyang Gonpo

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཆོས་དབྱངས་མགོན་པོ།(Qieyang Gongbao)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
21
Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 37.3258333

Longitude: 100.134167

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Kangtsa County(རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Qinghai Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Tsojang (Ch: Haibei) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
18/03/2012
Occupation at Detention
Education
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

He along with Tashi Tsering led the students demonstration to oppose the policies favoring Chinese over Tibetan as the language of instruction in areas schools. Belongs to Kangtsa County School of Nationalities

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Social, Economic and Cultural Rights Violations: Educational Rights
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Sentencing Court
Qinghai Provincial Level Court
Length of Sentence
3 Years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
Comments

There is no information reported whether he was released or still held in the prison.

Published
Published