Tsering Kyipo

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཚེ་རིང་སྐྱིད་པོ།(Cireng Geibu)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
25
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
3/06/2011
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Detention Centre/Prison
Kardze Prefecture Prison
Responsible for arrest and detention
  • Police
Description of event

On March 6 ; 2011 ; three Tibetan males living in Dzakhog ; Dege county ; 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.

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
Length of Sentence
4 Years
Status of Detention
Released: Early release
Comments

Tsering Kyipo was released early ; on February 23 ; 2015 ; "apparently for good behavior."

Published
Published
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