Thuksam

POLITICAL PRISONER
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
36
Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 33.6786199

Longitude: 101.56325

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Machu County(རྨ་ཆུ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Gansu Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
11/03/2009
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Sangchu PSB Detention Centre
Description of event

On March 11, 2009, public security officials Detainedmonk Thugsam of Nurma Monastery while he was visiting Labrang Tashikhyil Monastery, located in the seat of Xiahe (Sangchu) county, Gannan (Kanlho) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province. Nurma Monastery is located in Maqu (Machu) county, Gannan TAP. The security officials who DetainedThugsam were from the Xiahe Public Security Bureau and suspected him of “giving information about protests, arrests and beatings of Tibetans to the ‘separatist forces’ in exile," No information is available about Thugsam’s place of detention or charges, if any, against him. Belongs to Nurma Monastery

Prison Location
Status of Detention
Detained
Published
Published