(Gomar Choephel)

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཆོས་འཕེལ།(Quepei)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
46
Detention Year
2010s: 2015
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 35.5167

Longitude: 102.0167

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Rebkong County(རེབ་ཀོང་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Qinghai Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
10/07/2015
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Grounds for Detention
  • Endangering state security
  • Inciting separatism
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Haomen Prison
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Chinese security Officials
Description of event

Detained for keeping and sharing the Dalai Lama's pictures on social networking sites Belongs to Rongwo Gochen Monastery

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief
  • Right to privacy
Sentencing Court
Malho Intermediate People's Court
Length of Sentence
2 Years
Prison Location
  • Qinghai Province
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Comments

Gomar Choephel is allowed to participate in prayer ceremonies at his monastery. However ; he is closely monitored by local police and his movement is restricted as he is not allowed to travel outside his hometown. This restriction is commonly applied to all political prisoners soon after their release. It is part of the additional sentence of deprivation of political rights that many former political prisoners have to serve after their release from prison.

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