Tenzin Gephel

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བསྟན་འཛིན་དགེ་ལེགས།(Danzeng)
Gender
Male
Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 28.6587399

Longitude: 87.12607

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Dingri County(དིང་རི་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Shigatse (Ch: Xigaze) Prefecture
Date of Detention
19/05/2008
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Grounds for Detention
  • Endangering state security
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Qushui Prison
Description of event

Chinese security forces detained twelve monks of Dingri Shelkar Choedhe Monastery during a night raid for opposing the “patriotic re-education” campaign on 19 May 2008 ; according to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD). Belongs to Shelkar Choede Monastery

Length of Sentence
12 Years
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
Published
Published
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