Rigsel

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
རིག་གསལ།(Resai)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
33
Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.4778499

Longitude: 93.6812999

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Diru County(འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture
Date of Detention
24/11/2013
Occupation at Detention
Administrative
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Diru PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

Detained the villager leaders Nyendak and Rigsel and held the men responsible for "instigating" villagers to oppose a political campaign requring local residents to display the Chinese flag atop residences and monasteries during China's National Day ; october 1. officilas blamed the men for protest against the flag requirement ; and accused Nyendak ; a villager leader since 1980 ; of holding a "secret political meeting" with 17 other Tibetans in 2013.

Length of Sentence
10 Years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
Published
Published
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