Sonam Choegyal

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བསོད་ནམས་ཆོས་རྒྱལ།(Quejia)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
19
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.6229999

Longitude: 99.99266

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Kardze County(དཀར་མཛེས་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
24/06/2011
Occupation at Detention
Civil society
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

Public security bureau officials detained Tibetan males Sonam Choegyal and Sonam Nyima (RFA: Tenzin Nyima) ; both aged 19 ; for staging a political protest in the seat of Ganzi (Kardze) County

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Sentencing Court
Kardze County People's Court
Length of Sentence
3 Years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published
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