Lobsang Gelek

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
བློ་བཟང་དགེ་ལེགས།(Luosang Dele)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
27
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 32.9024499

Longitude: 101.70634

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Ngaba County(རྔ་བ་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
8/04/2011
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Ngaba PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

On April 8 ; 2011 ; Public security bureau officials detained monk Lobsang Gelek from Kirti Monastery ; located in Aba (Ngaba) county. The reports did not provide information about the reason for the detention or Lobsang Gelek’s place of detention ; but implied that the detention was linked to a political and security crackdown underway at the monastery following the March 16 ; 2011 ; self-immolation of Phuntsok Belongs to Kirti Monastery

Prison Location
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
Comments

There was no information on the reason of the detention and where he was detained before his release. He was released before September of the same year.

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