Trigyal
POLITICAL PRISONER- Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
- (Chijia)
- Gender
- Male
- Detention Year
- 2010s: 2013
- Origin County Level
- Origin County Geolocation
Latitude: 31.4778499
Longitude: 93.6812999
- Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
- Diru County(འབྲི་རུ་རྫོང་།)
- Origin Province
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- Origin Prefecture
- Nagchu (Ch: Naqu) Prefecture
- Date of Detention
- 24/11/2013
- Occupation at Detention
- Civil society
- Type of Place of Current Detention
- Detention centre
- Detention Centre/Prison
- Diru PSB Detention Centre
- Responsible for arrest and detention
- Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
- Description of event
Detained the villager leaders Nyendak and Rigsel and held the men responsible for "instigating" villagers to oppose a political campaign requring local residents to display the Chinese flag atop residences and monasteries during China's National Day ; october 1. officilas blamed the men for protest against the flag requirement ; and accused Nyendak ; a villager leader since 1980 ; of holding a "secret political meeting" with 17 other Tibetans in 2013. The reports mentioned a third Diru resident ; Trigyal ; was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment
- Length of Sentence
- 13 Years
- Prison Location
- Comments
died from injuries sustained under torture by Chinese authorities while serving a 13-year prison sentence for refusing to fly a Chinese flag ; sources tell RFA’s Tibetan service.
- Published
- Published
- Is the Prisoner Deceased?
- Yes
- Related Prisoners of same event