Thinley Choeden

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
འཕྲིན་ལས་ཆོས་སྒྲོན།
Gender
Male
Detention Year
1990s: 1992
Date of Detention
12/05/1992
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Description of event

Thinley Choeden aka Samdrub died on 17 Feb 2020, 15 days after being admitted to the Lhasa People’s Hospital. He had served seven years in prison for participating in a series of protests, and was present at a 1987 protest in Lhasa in which a Chinese police station was burned.

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Prison Location
Published
Published
Is the Prisoner Deceased?
Yes