Sonam Gyatso

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱ་མཚོ།(Sounan Jiacuo)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
38
Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 35.1991

Longitude: 102.5086

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Sangchu County(བསང་ཆུ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Gansu Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
19/05/2009
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Sangchu PSB Detention Centre
Description of event

The Chinese security forces detained two monks from Labrang Monastery on 14 May 2009 during a raid in their residences and their whereabouts remain unknown to their family members till date. The two were detained for the fourth time since last year’s protests in Labrang which saw one of the biggest and most sustained protests ; according to information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD). Belongs to Labrang Tashikyil Monastery

Prison Location
Status of Detention
Detained
Published
Published
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