Yeshi Jinpa

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཡེ་ཤེས་སྦྱི་པ།(Yixi Jinba)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
44
Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.8867299

Longitude: 93.7855599999999

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Sog County(སོག་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture
Date of Detention
2/12/2009
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

On December 2, 2009, officials in Lhasa city, the TAR capital, Detained 4 Tibetan residents of Suo (Sog) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, while they were in Lhasa. Norbu Zangpo and nun Choedron traveled to Lhasa to bring food to Tenzin Dargye and Tsanden Monastery monk Yeshe Jinpa, who were performing Buddhist prostrations at the Jokhang Temple. No information is available about the criminal charges against the four Tibetans or the location of Norbu Zangpo and Choedon’s prison Belongs to Tsenden Monastery

Length of Sentence
2 Years
Prison Location
  • Nagchu Prefecture
  • Unknown county in Nagchu Prefecture
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published
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