Gyurmey Sonam

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
འགྱུར་མེད་བསོད་ནམས།(Guomei Suonan)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
18
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.6229999

Longitude: 99.99266

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Kardze County(དཀར་མཛེས་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
6/06/2011
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Kardze PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

At about 2:30 PM on June 6 near the county PSB office ; monks Tsewang Tashi and Gyurme Sonam ; both around 18 years old ; began tossing leaflets into the air and shouting slogans calling for Tibetan freedom and the Dalai Lama’s long life and return to Tibet. According to a local source ; police allegedly seized the monks and beat them with what appeared to be “iron rods” before taking them to the local detention center. Belongs to Kardze Gepheling Monastery

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Status of Detention
Detained
Published
Published