Tsultrim Kalsang

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་སྐལ་བཟང་།(Cichen Gesang)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
25
Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 33.8333

Longitude: 96.9333

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Tridu County(ཁྲི་འདུ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Qinghai Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kyegudo (Ch: Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
1/09/2012
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Grounds for Detention
  • Disrupting social order
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Police
Description of event

Local sources say Tsultrim Kalsang’s charges are possibly related to the twin self-immolation protest carried out by two Tibetan youths in Dzatoe township on 30 June 2012. Both Ngawang Norphel ; 22 ; and Tenzin Khedup ; 24 ; died of their injuries.

Length of Sentence
10 Years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
Published
Published