Lobsang Kalsang
POLITICAL PRISONER- Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
- བློ་བཟང་སྐལ་བཟང་།(Luosang Gesang)
- Gender
- Male
- Age at Detention
- 19
- Detention Year
- 2010s: 2011
- 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
- 22/03/2011
- Occupation at Detention
- Religious
- Vulnerable Group at Detention
- Religious
- Type of Place of Current Detention
- Detention centre
- Detention Centre/Prison
- Ngaba PSB Detention Centre
- Responsible for arrest and detention
- Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
- Description of event
On March 22 ; 2011 ; Public security bureau officials detained 3 males ; including 2 relatives of Kirti Monastery monk Phuntsok ; who committed self-immolation near the market area in the seat of Aba (Ngaba) county ; on March 16 ; the third anniversary of a large-scale protest in Aba in 2008 that included some Tibetan rioting and resulted in PSB officials and PAP opening fire and allegedly killing at least 10 Tibetans. Police reportedly suspected detainees Lobsang Kalsang (age 19 ; Phuntsog's younger brother and a Kirti monk) ; Lobsang Tsundue (PhuntsoK's uncle) ; and Samdup (another Kirti monk) of taking part in a peaceful protest following Phuntsok's self-immolation. Belongs to Kirti Monastery
- Prison Location
- Status of Detention
- Detained
- Published
- Published