Sonam Norgyal

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བསོད་ནམས་ནོར་རྒྱལ།
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
27
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Origin County Level
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Chamdo (Ch: Qamdo) Prefecture
Date of Detention
22/06/2011
Occupation at Detention
Civil society
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Pome Prison
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

Detained allegedly desecrating a Chinese flag by lowering it and “soiling [it] with his feces.”

Sentencing Court
Pashoe County People's Court
Length of Sentence
3 Years
Prison Location
  • Pome County ( སྤོ་མེས་རྫོང)
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published