Choephel Dawa

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཆོས་འཕེལ་ཟླ་བ།(Quepei Dawa)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
27
Detention Year
2010s: 2015
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.8867299

Longitude: 93.7855599999999

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Sog County(སོག་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture
Date of Detention
28/03/2015
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Sog PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Police
Description of event

Local police detained the monks identified as Choephel Dawa ; Jigme Wangyal and Choeying Choega and a layman Dorjee Dakpa ; who were detained on the night of 28 March 201. No reason were given for their sudden detention Belongs to Tsenden Monastery

Length of Sentence
2 years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
Comments

He was also one of two Tsenden monks detained in January 2012 and sentenced two years' imprisonment reportedly for accessing and viewing an online video of a Kirti monastery monk committing self-immolation

Published
Published
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