Ngawang Rabten

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Gender
Male
Age at Detention
34
Origin County Level
  • Chushul County (ཆུ་ཤུར་རྫོང་།)
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 29.609

Longitude: 90.8885

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Chushul County (ཆུ་ཤུར་རྫོང་།)
Origin Prefecture
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Former Political Prisoner
  • Religious
Date of arrest
04/04/1989
Detention Centre/Prison
Sangyip Prison
Description of event

Ngawang Rabten, a 34-year-old monk from Chushul County affiliated with Drepung Monastery, was arrested on 4 April 1989 in Lhasa for participating in a protest against Chinese occupation. He was put in Sangyip prison. He had a prior conviction for taking part in a protest on 27 September 1987, for which he was detained for four months.

Types of Human Rights Violations
  • Civil and Political Rights Violations: Right to Freedom of Expression and Opinion
Prison Location
Type of Sources
  • Primary: TCHRD field sources
Published
Published