Gyalwa

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
རྒྱལ་བ།(Gawa)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
27
Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.4761399

Longitude: 92.05136

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Nyagchu County(ནག་ཆུ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Chamdo (Ch: Qamdo) Prefecture
Date of Detention
30/06/2013
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Nakchu PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

Detained following a "clash" in mid-July 2013 that resulted from government to "enthrone its own choice" of a teacher ; Rongpo Choeje Rinpoche ; at Shag Rongpo monastery. Tibetan Buddhists regard the teacher ; who passed away in 1999 ; as reincarnation and resented government interference in identifying a successor

Prison Location
  • Nagchu Prefecture
  • Unknown county in Nagchu Prefecture
Status of Detention
Detained
Published
Published
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