Tseten

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཚེ་བསྟན།(Cidan)
Gender
Female
Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 29.6526199

Longitude: 91.13775

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Lhasa(ལྷ་ས།)
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Lhasa
Date of Detention
9/07/1996
Occupation at Detention
Civil society
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Gutsa PSB Detention Centre
Description of event

Tsetan had been detained two times previously for pasting freedom posters. She was arrested in Nyemo county in 1988 and detained for six months in Nyemo County Prison. She was re-arrested in 1995 for pasting posters and was held in Gutsa Detention Centre for eight months.

The last detention was for possessing autobiography of Dalai Lama and was charged with "counter-revolutionary" activities.

Prison Location
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published