Dolma Kyab (Lobsang Kalsang Gyatso)
POLITICAL PRISONER- Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
- སྒྲོལ་མ་སྐྱབས།(Zhuoma Jia)
- Gender
- Male
- Age at Detention
- 29
- Detention Year
- 2000s: 2005
- Origin County Level
- Origin County Geolocation
Latitude: 29.6526199
Longitude: 91.13775
- Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
- Lhasa(ལྷ་ས།)
- Origin Province
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- Origin Prefecture
- Lhasa
- Date of Detention
- 9/03/2005
- Grounds for Detention
- Endangering state security
- Leaking state secrets
- Type of Place of Current Detention
- Prison
- Detention Centre/Prison
- Qushui Prison
- Responsible for arrest and detention
- Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
- Description of event
Dolma Kyab a.k.a Lobsang Kelsang Gyatso (pen name) was detained on 9 March 2005 in Lhasa where he was teaching History at a Middle School. As a passion for writing ; he maintained a commentary manuscript written in Chinese titled “Himalaya on Stir” (Chinese: Sao dong de Ximalayashan) ; which was a compilation of 57 chapters written on various topics about democracy ; sovereignty of Tibet ; Tibet under communism ; colonialism ; religion and belief etc. Along side the manuscript ; he also began writing another one on the geographical aspects of Tibet ; which was comparatively short ; yet touched on sensitive topics about the location and number of Chinese military camps in Chinese occupied Tibet etc.
- Length of Sentence
- 10.5 Years
- Status of Detention
- Released: Upon completion of sentence
- Published
- Published