Ngawang Nyima

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ངག་དབང་ཉི་མ།(Awang Nima)
Gender
Male
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
21/04/2011
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • People's Armed Police (PAP)
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

PAP and PSB officials ; forcibly removed at least 300 monks at Kirti Monastery ; located in Aba (Ngaba) county ; who resisted “patriotic education” and took them to locations outside the county.On April 23 ; Xinhua reported that the county government issued a circular stating that officials would require Kirti monks to undergo "legal education” on Chinese laws and regulations. Belongs to Kirti Monastery

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Prison Location
  • Sichuan province
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published
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