Lobsang Gyatso

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བློ་བཟང་རྒྱལ་མཚོ།(Luosang Jiacuo)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
19
Detention Year
2010s: 2012
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
13/02/2012
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • People's Armed Police (PAP)
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

On 13 February at about 2.30 pm (Tibet Time) ; 19-year-old Lobsang Gyatso set himself on fire at the main street of Ngaba town shouting slogans of protest against the Chinese government. Immediately ; officers from the People’s Armed Police and Public Security Bureau arrived on the scene and extinguished the fire ; according to sources. The police officers continued beating the burnt monk as they took him away. Belongs to Kirti Monastery

Length of Sentence
5 Years
Status of Detention
Detained
Published
Published