Choetso

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཆོས་མཚོ།(Quecuo)
Gender
Female
Age at Detention
64
Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.8061199

Longitude: 98.5808799

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Derge County(སྡེ་དགེ་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
28/02/2011
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Detention Centre/Prison
Derge PSB Detention Centre
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
Description of event

On March 6 ; 2011 ; three Tibetan males living in Dzakhog ; Dege county ; Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ; Sichuan province ; distributed posters and leaflets with slogans including ; “We want freedom ; ” and “Invite the Dalai Lama to Tibet.” The men ; Tsering Kyipo (age 25) ; Jampa Ngodrub (33) ; and Lobsang Thubten (30) ; signed the posters and fled into hiding. According to RFA sources ; Public security bureau officials issued warrants for their arrest soon after the protest and detained one relative of each wanted man: Tsering Kyipo's father ; Sangpa (age 53); Lobsang Thubten’s mother ; Choetso (age 64); and Jampa Ngodrub's brother ; Mochag (age 47.

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Assembly
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Prison Location
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
Published
Published
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