Samphel Dhondup

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བསམ་འཕེལ་དོན་གྲུབ།(Dongzhu)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
23
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.6229999

Longitude: 99.99266

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Kardze County(དཀར་མཛེས་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
10/07/2011
Occupation at Detention
Education
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

At about 4:00 PM ; Lobsang Phuntsok (age 17) ; Lobsang Lhundup ; and Samphel Dhondup (age 23) began distributing leaflets and shouting slogans calling for Tibetan freedom ; the Dalai Lama’s long life and return to Tibet ; and unity among the Tibetan people. Police from the Ganzi County Public Security Bureau arrived “immediately” and allegedly beat the three students before taking them away.

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
Sentencing Court
Kardze County People's Court
Length of Sentence
3 Years
Prison Location
  • Sichuan province
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published