Aga

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཨ་དགའ།(Aga)
Gender
Female
Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 30.9393199

Longitude: 100.31152

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Nyagrong County(ཉག་རོང་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
15/04/2009
Grounds for Detention
  • Endangering state security
Detention Centre/Prison
Nyagrong PSB Detention Centre
Description of event

Aga was detained along with Gonpo Tsewang ; Yiga ; Alo ; Dragbe ; Dawa Dragpa ; Gyashe ; Kyalga ; and Gonbe for participating in a peaceful protest on April 15 ; 2009. The nine were reportedly part of a larger group protesting against the government crackdown on a farming boycott and against the March 2009 detention of three local Tibetans from Nyarong. Authoritie reportedly shot at the protestors ; resulting in several injuries.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published