Yangzom

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
དབྱངས་འཛོམས།(Yangzong)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
30
Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.6229999

Longitude: 99.99266

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Kardze County(དཀར་མཛེས་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
18/06/2008
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Detained for staging a peaceful protest in Kardze County on 18 June 2008. According to information received by TCHRD on 1 February 2008 ; all three nuns were now held in a unknown prison in Tsithar Township ; Chengdu ; Sichuan Province. Sources also reported that at least 44 nuns were held in that prison. Belongs to Yarteng Nunnery

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