Phuntsok Wangdu

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Gender
Male
Age at Detention
32
Origin County Level
  • Taktse County (སྟག་རྩེ་རྫོང་། )
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 29.9227

Longitude: 91.6218

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Taktse County (སྟག་རྩེ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Prefecture
  • Lhasa City
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Date of arrest
07/02/1997
Detention Centre/Prison
Drapchi Prison
Description of event

Phuntsok Wangdu, born in 1965 in Taktse, Lhasa, was a former monk of Gaden Monastery. He was expelled from the monastery in 1990 for resisting the Chinese authorities’ “patriotic re-education” campaign. In 1993, during a visit to Tibet, he was arrested, beaten, and detained for six months without trial.

He was re-arrested in 1997 along with several relatives and accused of espionage and political instigation. In 1998, Phuntsok Wangdu was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment in Drapchi Prison. His brother and cousin were also sentenced to three years’ imprisonment each.

Violations Faced in Detention
  • No Fair Trial: No family meet ups
  • No Fair Trial: No legal representation
Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Social, Economic and Cultural Rights Violations: Educational Rights
  • Legal and Procedural Rights Violations: Right to Fair Trial
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief
Length of Sentence
14 years
Prison Location
Type of Sources
  • Primary: TCHRD field sources
Torture
Torture
Published
Published