Pema
POLITICAL PRISONER- Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
- དགེ་འདུན་པ་པདྨ་
- Prisoner image
- Does it have an image?
- Yes
- Gender
- Male
- Detention Year
- 2020s: 2026
- Date of Detention
- 26/03/2024
- Grounds for Detention
- Endangering state security
- Inciting separatism
- Type of Place of Current Detention
- No Label
- Date of arrest
- Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, in the Tibetan province of Amdo.
- Responsible for arrest and detention
- Local Security Force
- Description of event
On 26 March, a Tibetan monk named Pema was arbitrarily detained and subjected to incommunicado detention by the local Public Security Bureau Officers for staging a peaceful solo protest by holding a portrait of the Dalai Lama on the stretch of a road known to the local Tibetans as ‘martyrs road’ in Ngaba County. Local witnesses reported hearing Pema shouting slogans calling for the"Return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet" and "Religious Freedom in Tibet," among others. Following Pema's arbitrary arrest, Chinese security forces have intensified their control and restrictions in Ngaba County, especially in Soruma village and Kirti Monastery.
- Details of Violations Faced in Detention
Torture unknown
- 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
- Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief
- Length of Sentence
- unknown
- Prison Location
- Torture
- Unknown
- Comments
Pema, in his early 50’s is a native of Soruma village in Ngaba County. He works as a primary teacher at the Kirti Monastery and is pursuing his higher Buddhist studies. He is widely known in the monastery as Gen Pema (Eng: teacher Pema).
- Published
- Published