Namgyal Wangchuk

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་(Nanjia Wangqui)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
43
Detention Year
2010s: 2014
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.2115499

Longitude: 96.6002

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Riwoche County(རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Chamdo (Ch: Qamdo) Prefecture
Date of Detention
2/01/2014
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Grounds for Detention
  • Disrupting social order
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Qushui Prison
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Length of Sentence
5 Years
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
Comments

received long prison sentences for adding text to a photo that they shared with 15 people on WeChat ; a popular instant messaging service. The photo was of two people wearing fur chupas. The additional text was designed to shame the people in the photos.

Published
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