Kunchok Sonam

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
དཀོན་མཆོག་བསོད་ནམས།(Gongque Suonan)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
21
Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 35.5167

Longitude: 102.0167

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Rebkong County(རེབ་ཀོང་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Qinghai Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
16/11/2012
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Rebgong PSB Detention Centre
Description of event

Local Tibetans told Tibetans living in exile that the detentions were linked to the November 8, 2012, self-immolation in Rebgong of former Rongbo monk Kalsang Jinpa, with whom Tsondru Choeden and Konchog Sonam reportedly “shared a friendly relation.” Belongs to Rongwo Gochen Monastery

Prison Location
Status of Detention
Detained
Published
Published