Choephel

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Gender
Male
Age at Detention
30
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 35.0360499

Longitude: 101.46594

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Tsekhog County(རྩེ་ཁོག་རྫོང་།)
Origin Province
  • Qinghai Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Date of arrest
07/04/1997
Detention Centre/Prison
Xiling Detention Centre
Description of event

Choephel (born 1967) is a former monk of Rongpo Gonchen Monastery in Tsekong County, Malho, Tibetan Autonomous Region. He was arrested in January 1999 in the Barkhor area of Lhasa City on suspicion of assisting Tibetan escapees in reaching India.

Choephel was tried by the Qinghai Higher People’s Court and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment, with an additional one-year extension imposed for alleged “bad behaviour” during his trial. He is serving a total sentence of eight years at Serkhog Hui and Tibetan Autonomous County Prison (Chinese: Datong) in Ziling.

Sentencing Court
Qinghai Court
Length of Sentence
7 years with an additional one year for "bad behaviour" during trial.
Prison Location
Type of Sources
  • Primary: TCHRD field sources
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