Jamyang Kunkhen

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
འཇམ་དབྱངས་ཀུན་མཁྱེན།(Jiayang)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
34
Detention Year
2000s: 2007
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 29.9960299

Longitude: 100.26963

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Lithang County(ལི་ཐང་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
22/08/2007
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Kardze PSB Detention Centre
Description of event

solidarity protest staged against the arbitrary detention of Ronggye Ad'rak Belongs to Lithang Middle School

Sentencing Court
Dartsedo Intermediate People's Court
Length of Sentence
9 Years
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Comments

his eyesight and hearing failing and lips gnarled. His waning vision could escalate into blindness. In prison ; he suffered a stroke for which he did not receive proper medical treatment resulting in a pronounced contortion of his lips. Sources say Kunkhen also suffered beatings and torture during interrogation in police custody.

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