Akya kya

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཨ་སྐྱ་སྐྱ།
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
35
Detention Year
2010s: 2015
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 32.9024499

Longitude: 101.70634

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Ngaba County(རྔ་བ་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
18/11/2015
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Former Political Prisoner
  • Religious
Description of event

He was sentenced to five years because of his role in organising the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday celebration in Ngaba. Previously a monk at Kirti Monastery ; he had joined a WeChat Group Chat created by former Tibetan political prisoners in Ngaba to discuss and exchange information about the birthday celebration. Belongs to Kirti Monastery

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
  • Right to privacy
Sentencing Court
Barkham Intermediate People's Court
Length of Sentence
5 years
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Comments

Akya-kya was earlier detained in 2011 in connection with Lobsang Phuntsok’s self-immolation following which he was sentenced to three years.

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