Sangay Tashi

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
སངས་རྒྱས་བཀྲ་ཤིས།(Sangjie Zhaxi)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
37
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
21/06/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Kardze Prison
Description of event

Public security officials Detained 37 year-old Sanggye Tashi after he staged a political protest on June 21, 2008, in the seat of Ganzi (Kardze) county, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province. Sangay Tashi tied a bandana around his head on which he wrote “Free Tibet,” painted a likeness of the Tibetan flag on his face, and shouted slogans calling for a free Tibet and the Dalai Lama’s long life.

Length of Sentence
5 Years
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published