Choegon
POLITICAL PRISONER- Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
- ཆོས་མགོན།(Quegong)
- Gender
- Male
- Age at Detention
- 19
- Detention Year
- 2010s: 2011
- Origin County Level
- Origin County Geolocation
Latitude: 31.4996799
Longitude: 98.21822
- Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
- Jomda County(འཇོ་མདའ་རྫོང་། )
- Origin Province
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- Origin Prefecture
- Chamdo (Ch: Qamdo) Prefecture
- Date of Detention
- 25/09/2011
- Occupation at Detention
- Cultural
- Type of Place of Current Detention
- Detention centre
- Detention Centre/Prison
- Jomda PSB Detention Centre
- Responsible for arrest and detention
- Public Security Bureau Officials (PSB)
- Description of event
He traveled from Jomda (Jiangda) county ; Chamdo (Changdu) prefecture ; Tibet Autonomous Region ; to Lhasa city ; the TAR capital. Choegon ; described in the report as “a famous figure in the Tibetan music scene” who was also known as “Little Kunga” after another “famous Tibetan singer ; ” had been invited to attend a concert in Lhasa. The reason for Choegon’s detention was unknown ; the report said ; but some Tibetans thought that Chinese officials may have believed that Choegon was using his music to advance a “pro-Tibetan agenda.”
- Types of Human Rights Violations
- Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
- Prison Location
- Status of Detention
- Detained
- Published
- Published
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