Gedhun Phuntsok

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
དགེ་འདུན་ཕུན་ཚོགས།(Gedeng Pingcuo)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
18
Detention Year
2010s: 2015
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 32.9024499

Longitude: 101.70634

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Ngaba County(རྔ་བ་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
7/09/2015
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Mianyang Prison
Description of event

Gedhun Gyatso and Lobsang Kalsang ; monks from Kirti Monastery ; were sentenced to prison for carrying a solo protests calling for the return of the Dalai Lama and for freedom and equality for Tibetans Belongs to Kirti Monastery

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
Tashi Ling County People's Court
Length of Sentence
4 Years
Prison Location
  • Sichuan province
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published