Ngawang Gendun

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Gender
Male
Age at Detention
28
Origin County Level
  • Gonggar County (གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་།)
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 29.2899

Longitude: 91.1179

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Gonggar County (གོང་དཀར་རྫོང་།)
Origin Prefecture
  • Lhoka (Ch: Shannan) Prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Date of arrest
28/04/1988
Description of event

Ngawang Gendun, a 28-year-old monk from Gongkar County, Lhoka, affiliated with Drepung Monastery, participated in demonstrations in Lhasa on 6 October 1987 and 10 October 1988. He also took part in a protest in front of the Tibet Autonomous Region government office, where he was arrested and detained by the authorities. He was subsequently detained for two years.

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Length of Sentence
2 years
Type of Sources
  • Primary: TCHRD field sources
Published
Published