Yeshi Jangchup

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Gender
Male
Age at Detention
63
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 29.2670499

Longitude: 88.88116

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Shigatse County(གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།)
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Shigatse (Ch: Xigaze) Prefecture
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Former Political Prisoner
  • Religious
Date of arrest
08/03/1989
Detention Centre/Prison
Sangyip Prison
Description of event

Yeshi Jangchup, a 63-year-old monk from Shigatse, was affiliated with Drepung Monastery in Lhasa. He was arrested on 8 March 1989 for participating in a demonstration in Lhasa. He was put in Sangyip prison. He had a prior conviction dating back to 1959 for opposing the Chinese occupation of Tibet.

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Prison Location
Type of Sources
  • Primary: TCHRD field sources
Published
Published
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