Jigme Samten

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
འཇིགས་མེད་བསམ་གཏན།(Jinmei Sandan)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
25
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 35.1991

Longitude: 102.5086

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Sangchu County(བསང་ཆུ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Gansu Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
2/07/2011
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

On August 1, 2011 Public security bureau officials detained four monks ; Tenzin Gyatso ; Jigme Samten ; Kaljam ; and Yonten ; when they “returned secretly” to Gyalmo Monastery. The monks had been hiding since 2008 ; when they fled after Gyalmo monks staged a protest. Police were waiting for them when they returned. Reported that Jigme Samten had been detained on July 2 ; 2011 ; sentenced to 4 years in prison ; and released on May 3 ; 2015. Belongs to Gyalmo Monastery

Length of Sentence
4 Years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Published
Published