Lhawang Choekyi

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ལྷ་དབང་ཆོས་སྐྱིད།(Lawang Queji)
Gender
Female
Age at Detention
41
Detention Year
2000s: 2008
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
12/05/2008
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Kardze PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Chinese security Officials
Description of event

protested in Kardze County in support of the two nuns who protested on 23 April ; 2008 and detained Belongs to Dragkar Nunnery

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published