Che Che
POLITICAL PRISONER- Does it have an image?
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- Gender
- Female
- Age at Detention
- 22
- Origin County Level
- Origin County Geolocation
Latitude: 29.8946899
Longitude: 91.2619
- Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
- Phenpo Lhundrup County(ཕན་པོ་ལྷུན་འགྲུབ་རྩེ།)
- Origin Province
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- Origin Prefecture
- Lhasa
- Occupation at Detention
- Religious
- Vulnerable Group at Detention
- Religious
- Date of arrest
- 13/02/1995
- Detention Centre/Prison
- Drapchi Prison
- Responsible for arrest and detention
- Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
- Description of event
Che-Che (born 1973) was among fourteen Tibetan nuns arrested for leading a peaceful pro-independence demonstration in Lhasa on 13 February 1995. She and her fellow nuns openly chanted pro-independence slogans. The protest was swiftly suppressed, and Che-Che and her fellow nuns were immediately arrested by Lhasa PSB officials, followed by beatings and prison sentences of five to seven years. During their detention in Drapchi Prison, Che-Che endured forced labor, physical abuse, and severe punitive conditions. Although a subsequent prison protest in May 1998 led to additional punishment for other detainees, Che-Che remained imprisoned as part of the original group sentenced for the 1995 demonstration, marking her as a key participant.
- Violations Faced in Detention
- Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: Forced Labor
- Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: Solitary Confinement
- No Fair Trial: No family meet ups
- No Fair Trial: No legal representation
- Details of Violations Faced in Detention
Che Che and nuns were subjected to grave human rights violations, beginning with arbitrary arrest and violent suppression of a peaceful protest. In detention, they faced forced labor, repeated beatings, and degrading punishments that constituted cruel and inhuman treatment. Authorities denied them due process and used prolonged solitary confinement and sentence extensions as reprisals for dissent, reflecting systemic violations of the rights to free expression, fair trial, and humane treatment in custody.
- Types of Human Rights Violations
- Legal and Procedural Rights Violations: Right to Fair Trial
- 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 Liberty and security of person
- Date of sentence
- February, 1995
- Length of Sentence
- 7 years
- Prison Location
- Type of Sources
- Primary: TCHRD field sources
- Torture
- Torture
- Comments
The following fourteen Tibetan nuns were arrested and sentenced for their participation in the peaceful protest of 13 February 1995:
Che-Che (born 1973)
Ngawang Dolma (born 1971)
Thupten Jungney (born 1970)
Yangdon (born 1980)
Jamdron (born 1974)
Monlam Choenyi (born 1981)
Tsering Choekyi (born 1973)
Ngawang Zoepa (born 1969)
Ngawang Tsomo (born 1973)
Namgyal Dolma (born 1973)
Sherab Choephel (born 1973)
Palchen (born 1973)
Chungkyi (born 1978)
Chogdrup Drolma (born 1972)
All fourteen nuns were detained and given prison sentences for their involvement in the protest. Chogdrup Drolma was later subjected to additional punishment following her participation in a prison protest in 1998, during which her sentence was further extended.
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