Yeshi Tsundue

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Gender
Female
Age at Detention
20
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 28.4038889

Longitude: 99.0941667

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Toelung Dechen County(སྟོད་ལུང་བདེ་ཆེན་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Chamdo (Ch: Qamdo) Prefecture
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Date of arrest
12/12/1993
Detention Centre/Prison
Drapchi Prison
Description of event

Yeshi Tsundue, aged 20, was a nun from Shugseb Nunnery who took part in the 12 December 1993 demonstration in Barkhor, Lhasa. She was arrested together with Tsering Choekyi and Tsultrim Tharchin after publicly calling for Tibetan independence and expressing support for the Dalai Lama.

Following interrogation and detention in Gutsa Detention Centre, Chinese authorities sentenced her to five years’ imprisonment. She was subsequently transferred to Drapchi Prison.

Place(s) of Previous Detention
  • Prison
Length of Sentence
5 years
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Type of Sources
  • Primary: TCHRD field sources
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