Kalden

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
སྐལ་ལྡན།(Gadan)
Gender
Male
Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Date of Detention
14/01/2013
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

On January 14 ; 2013 ; officials in Lhasa summoned Kalden and 13 other senior monastic officials and teachers from four premier Buddhist institutions to a "special meeting." Authorities allegedly "detained them and took them to a monastery identified as "Penkar" located in Nagchu Prefecture to undergo "political reeducaton"

Prison Location
  • Nagchu Prefecture
  • Unknown county in Nagchu Prefecture
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published