Zangkar Jamyang
POLITICAL PRISONER- Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
- ཟངས་དཀར་འཇམ་དབྱངས་
- Prisoner image
- Does it have an image?
- Yes
- Gender
- Male
- Age at Detention
- 45
- Detention Year
- 2020s: 2022
- Origin County Level
- Kyungchu County
- Origin County Geolocation
Latitude: 31.2
Longitude: 98.8167
- Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
- Kyungchu County
- Origin Province
- Sichuan Province
- Origin Prefecture
- Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
- Date of Detention
- 4/06/2020
- Occupation at Detention
- Education
- Grounds for Detention
- Inciting separatism
- Type of Place of Current Detention
- Prison
- Date of arrest
- Menyang Prison near the provincial capital Chengdu
- Detention Centre/Prison
- Mianyang Prison
- Description of event
Zangkar Jamyang a Tibetan writer, 45 disappeared on the night of 4 June 2020, when he was taken away apparently from his home. It has recently been found that Jamyang has been serving a four-year jail sentence. He had been convicted for "splittism and spreading rumors in the internet chat groups". Zangkar Jamyang a Tibetan writer had been taken away and disappeared by China nearly three years ago from Khyungchu County in Ngaba Prefecture, Sichuan Province. He has recently been found serving a four-year jail sentence.(to be reviewed)
- Details of Violations Faced in Detention
It was reported to have taken a very long time for his family to find out that he had been arrested and charged with “inciting ‘separatist’ acts and participating in online discussions on various subjects.”
- Types of Human Rights Violations
- Social, Economic and Cultural Rights Violations: Educational Rights
- Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
- Sentencing Court
- Kyungchu County People's Court
- Length of Sentence
- 4 years
- Status of Detention
- Sentenced: Serving sentence
- Torture
- Torture
- Comments
He is learned to be held in the Menyang Prison near the provincial capital Chengdu. None of his family and others are allowed to see him.
- Origin Comments
- Khyungchu County
- Published
- Published