Tashi Choedon

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་སྒྲོན།(Zhaxi Quedan)
Gender
Female
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
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
13/06/2011
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Kardze PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

Detained a total of seven nuns from a local nunnery for staging peaceful political protests. Nuns Kunga Choezom and Dekyi Lhamo protested on June 28 ; RFA reported ; scattering leaflets and shouting slogans calling for the Dalai Lama’s return and Tibetan freedom. Three nuns ; Jampa Choedon ; Shi Lhamo ; and Yangchen ; protested on June 15 ; according to TCHRD and ICT ; also scattering leaflets and shouting slogans. Police beat the three nuns before taking them away ; ICT reported. Two nuns ; Namgyal Lhamo and Tashi Choedon ; protested on June 13.

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Status of Detention
Detained
Published
Published