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Zumkar

Detention Year
2020s: 2024
Date of Detention
23/06/2022
Description of event

Zumkar 27, was detained after she was found in possession of a photo of the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.

She was detained on 23 June 2022 and on 28 June 2022 she was transferred to Lhasa, 500 kilometers from her native place Tsaring Township (རྩྭ་རིང་གྲོང་རྡལ།), Amdo County in Tibet Autonomous Region.

Status of Detention
Detained
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Zom Lhagya

Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Date of Detention
30/09/2013
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Zom Lhagya was detained in the aftermath of the October 2012 self-immolation protest by Tibetan writer Gudrup in Diru County.

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
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Zokmey

Detention Year
1990s: 1994
Date of Detention
30/11/1994
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Tashikyil Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Zoepa

Detention Year
1980s: 1987
Date of Detention
September
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Zoedon

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
27/03/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Zhonlo

Detention Year
1990s: 1993
Date of Detention
19/08/1993
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Lithang Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Zhiling

Detention Year
1980s: 1989
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Zhikho

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
31/07/1995
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Zaru Jinpa

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
29/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Zangkar Jamyang

Detention Year
2020s: 2022
Date of Detention
4/06/2020
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Zangkar Jamyang a Tibetan writer, 45 disappeared on the night of 4 June 2020, when he was taken away apparently from his home. It has recently been found that Jamyang has been serving a four-year jail sentence. He had been convicted for "splittism and spreading rumors in the internet chat groups". Zangkar Jamyang a Tibetan writer had been taken away and disappeared by China nearly three years ago from Khyungchu County in Ngaba Prefecture, Sichuan Province. He has recently been found serving a four-year jail sentence.(to be reviewed)

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Zamkar

Detention Year
2020s: 2024
Date of Detention
5/12/2022
Description of event

Zamkar, Kelsang Dolma, Dechen and Delha are in their 20s and residents of Dartsedo (Ch: Kangding), Kardze Tibet Autonomous Prefecture.

They were detained on 5 December 2022 and are now being held somewhere in Kardze TAP. They were detained for protesting against strict Covid Lockdowns in Sichuan province. The four women had worked at a Chinese-owned restaurant in Chengdu before their arrest and they also wrote a letter to their employer stating they did not receive their salary during the lockdown.

Their whereabouts remain unknown but it is reported that they are being given political re-education sessions by the Chinese government.

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Zambala

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
15/05/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Zamba

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
20/04/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Zagey

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
15/04/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yungdung

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
30/08/1996
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yungdrung

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
21/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yumkyab

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
30/11/2011
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yumey

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
23/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yulu Dawa Tsering

Detention Year
1980s: 1989
Date of Detention
5/12/1989
Description of event

He was arrested on 15 dec 1987

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yulgyal

Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Date of Detention
12/11/2013
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yudum

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
19/06/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yuduk Nyima (Yungdung Nyima)

Detention Year
2010s: 2016
Date of Detention
20/06/2016
Description of event

He was apprehended on 20 June by local police in Rakor ; where he had gone to harvest caterpillar fungus. The police claimed that Yudrug had a gun in his possession and took him to the local detention centre in Rakor ; where he was beaten. Yudrug Nyima was then driven by police to Derge but he died from his injuries on the way.

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yuduk

Detention Year
2010s: 2014
Date of Detention
6/02/2014
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Saving Animal Life Belongs to Gangshar Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yudron

Detention Year
1980s: 1988
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yudrang

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
13/06/2012
Description of event

He exercised his right to Freedom of expression and thought.

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Younten Sangmo

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
  • Religious
Description of event

Younten Sangmo was 16 years old when she participated in a protest during the Tibetan Yogurt Festival (Sho Dun) at Norbulingka on 2 July 1989. The protest involved 20 participants, including 18 nuns and two monks. Although police surrounded the area, 11 protesters escaped amid the chaos, while nine were arrested. Those detained were interrogated and beaten with electric batons.

Younten Sangmo was convicted and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at Gutsa Prison, where she was subjected to forced labour. After one year and five months, her heart condition worsened, and she was released early on medical grounds. She later escaped into exile and arrived in India on 27 October 1991.

Status of Detention
Released: Early release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yougyal Khando

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

The nuns were part of fifty nuns from Puru-na Nunnery in Kardze County which on 14 May 2008 staged a peaceful demonstration at Kardze County Headquarter against the illegal detentions and arrests of Tibetan people by the Chinese authorities. Belongs to Pang Ri-Na Nunnery

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Youdon Lhamo

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Pang Ri-Na Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Youdon

Detention Year
1980s: 1988
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Youdon

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
8/12/2009
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Youdon

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Pang Ri-Na Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Youdon

Detention Year
2020s: 2024
Date of Detention
11/07/2022
Description of event

Youdon from Tsaring Township (རྩྭ་རིང་གྲོང་རྡལ།), Amdo County, Tibetan Autonomous Region was detained on 11 July 2022. The police detained Youdon for allegedly acting together with her elder sister Zumkar and keeping a photo of the Dalai Lama in their home. Youdon is currently detained in Lhasa but no further details are available.

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Wangmo

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
1/07/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Chubsang Nunnery

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten tenzin

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
2/04/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Dragyab Magon Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Shitruk

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
21/03/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Socktsang Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Sangpo

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
9/03/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Rabgyal

Detention Year
2010s: 2015
Date of Detention
13/03/2015
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

He was Detained on suspicion of sending information outside to exile sources. Yonten was Released on 26 July 2 years ahead of his actual release date.

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Phuntsok

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
8/03/2012
Description of event

sentenced for raising slogans on 8 March 2012

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Noru

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
3/04/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Lhundup

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
3/04/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Kyab

Detention Year
2010s: 2014
Date of Detention
12/08/2014
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Peaceful Protest for release of the arbitrarily arrestted village leader Wangdak

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Gyatso

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
18/10/2011
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Releasing the information to the UN Human rights council and the photo of the self immolator Tenzin Wangmo Belongs to Khashi Monastery

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Gyatso

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
21/03/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Socktsang Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Gyatso

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
17/07/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Gyatso

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
21/07/2009
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Gyatso

Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Date of Detention
31/07/2013
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

The detention was reported to be the "immediate cause" of the July 20 ; 2013 Self-Immolation of monk Kunchok Sonam on the premises of Sogtsang monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Gyatso

Detention Year
1990s: 1997
Date of Detention
31/03/1997
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Jonang Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Gyatso

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
18/10/2011
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Yonten Gyatso, 37-year-old senior monk Yonten Gyatso was arrested in October 2011 for sharing information about protests inside Tibet.Yonten Gyatso was detained at a military camp for sharing information about Tenzin Wangmo, a nun who set herself on fire on 17 October 2011. He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for simply emailing information about events in Tibet to the outside world.He was also accused of attempting to share information by making telephone calls to United Nations' human rights offices. Belongs to Khashi Gephel Samtenling Monastery

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Gyalpo (Penpa)

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
9/05/1996
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Gyalpo

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
10/05/1996
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Gyalpo

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

No further information found.

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Gyalpo

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
7/05/1996
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten Dolma (Dukar Kyi)

Detention Year
2000s: 2005
Date of Detention
22/05/2005
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Gedun Tengyeling Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
4/11/2011
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

He was detained by Chinese officials at his residence at 10 am in Ngaba County ; Eastern Tibet Belongs to Kirti Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
1/01/2008
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten

Detention Year
2010s: 2019
Date of Detention
21/11/2019
Description of event

Choegyal and Yonten were detained after they distributed leaflets in front of a police station in Wonpo township.

They were arbitrarily arrested on 21 November 2019, at around 2:30 pm, after shouting for Tibet's independence and distributing Tibetan independence documents in front of the Wonpo township police station.

On 1 March 2024, Choegyal and Yonten were released. Subsequently, the fathers of Choegyal and Yonten were summoned by the Wonpo township government to make promises and responsibilities before being released by the police officers at their respective homes later that evening.

The local people welcomed them without much visible gesture. Both Choegyal and Yonten are released in poor health.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yonten

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
30/04/1995
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
15/04/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Police and PAP reportedly broke into homes and Detained 15 young males suspected of distributing posters and leaflets “calling for independence in Tibet,”

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
1/04/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Labrang Tashikyil Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yonten

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
1/08/2011
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Public security bureau officials detained four monks ; Tenzin Gyatso ; Jigme Samten ; Kaljam ; and Yonten ; when they “returned secretly” to Gyalmo Monastery ; located in Xiahe (Sangchu) county. RFA reported the monks had been hiding since 2008 ; when they fled after Gyalmo monks staged a protest. Police were waiting for them when they returned ; the source told RFA. Belongs to Gyalmo Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yonten

Detention Year
1990s: 1998
Date of Detention
31/05/1998
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Ragya Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yongzin Nyima (Lama Nyima)

Description of event

Yongzin Nyima, tutor of the Karmapa, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, has been released from detention by the Chinese authorities earlier this week, possibly Tuesday or Wednesday. He was arrested in June 2002 in Kongpo because of his alleged involvement in the escape of the Karmapa in January 2000. During the escape, Lama Nyima is alleged to have been part of a ruse whereby the Chinese authorities believed the Karmapa was in a meditation retreat when he'd actually already fled. Lama Nyima is said to have maintained this deception until the Karmapa had reached safety. Lama Nyima is believed to be safe and in good health and is staying with his brother in Lhasa

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yoga

Detention Year
1980s: 1989
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yiwang

Detention Year
2000s: 2006
Date of Detention
31/05/2006
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yinmey

Detention Year
2010s: 2014
Date of Detention
22/12/2014
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Brother of Tsepe Kyi (Tsephe self immolated herself)

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yiga

Detention Year
2000s: 2006
Date of Detention
31/05/2006
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yiga

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
31/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yiga

Detention Year
1990s: 1999
Date of Detention
28/07/1999
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yiga

Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Date of Detention
31/01/2013
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Yega "plotted" to self-immolate with the others (Rinchen and Sonam Dhargyal but "lost his nerve;" he allegedly bought gasoline with them and went to self-immolation site to "assist"

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yidor

Detention Year
2000s: 2007
Date of Detention
30/11/2007
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yidhi

Detention Year
1990s: 1997
Date of Detention
31/05/1997
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Pasted materials on wall against Chinese rule Belongs to La Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yidam Tsering

Detention Year
1990s: 1993
Date of Detention
30/06/1993
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yibung

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
24/03/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Jokri Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yibnub Sonam

Detention Year
2010s: 2014
Date of Detention
3/01/2014
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Grassroots campaign aimed at forging unity and enhancing literacy levels among Tibetans

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yibning

Detention Year
2000s: 2001
Date of Detention
31/08/2001
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Socktsang Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Tsundue

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Yeshi Tsundue, aged 20, was a nun from Shugseb Nunnery who took part in the 12 December 1993 demonstration in Barkhor, Lhasa. She was arrested together with Tsering Choekyi and Tsultrim Tharchin after publicly calling for Tibetan independence and expressing support for the Dalai Lama.

Following interrogation and detention in Gutsa Detention Centre, Chinese authorities sentenced her to five years’ imprisonment. She was subsequently transferred to Drapchi Prison.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Tsultrim

Detention Year
2000s: 2002
Date of Detention
31/01/2002
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Labour camp
Description of event

Belongs to Rame Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Tsomo (Dawa Lhakyi)

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
30/07/1995
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Samye Chimpu Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yeshi Tsomo

Detention Year
2010s: 2010
Date of Detention
25/05/2010
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yeshi Tso

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Pang Ri-Na Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yeshi Tsering

Detention Year
1980s: 1989
Date of Detention
8/02/1989
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yeshi Tsering

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Yeshi Tsering, born in 1969, participated in the March 1989 peaceful poster campaign organised by monks from Sungrabling Monastery. Together with fellow monks, he distributed posters and painted slogans calling for Tibetan independence and the return of fundamental freedoms.

He was arrested on 20 April 1989 after police raids on the monastery uncovered materials linked to the campaign. During detention, he was interrogated numerous times before being formally charged with “counter-revolutionary propaganda.”

In October 1989, the court sentenced him to four years’ imprisonment and one year’ deprivation of political rights. He was later transferred to Drapchi Prison, where he remained incarcerated alongside other Tibetan political prisoners.

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Yeshi Topden (Gatok)

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Yeshi Topden, a 24-year-old monk from Meldro Gongkar, joined Gaden Monastery in 1986. On 5 March 1988, he intended to participate in a demonstration during the Lhasa Monlam Chenmo but was arrested before the protest began. He was detained at Gutsa Prison for five months. Following his release, he was sent back to the monastery.

He again participated in protests on 5, 6, and 7 March 1989, after which he was detained for two months. In 1990, officials from the Government Work Department raided Gaden Monastery and began enforcing restrictive political policies. As a result, 40 monks were expelled and permanently barred from re-entering the monastery. Many monks, including Yeshi Topden, were placed under surveillance and subjected to sudden restrictions, including prohibitions on leading gatherings of more than ten people, leaving town for more than one week, and entering temples or monasteries.

These measures compelled him to leave Tibet in July 1990, and he arrived in Dharamsala, India, in October 1990.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Togden

Description of event

Yeshi Togden (born c. 1965) was a monk of Gaden Monastery in Meldro Gyama, Lhasa. He was arrested twice for participating in peaceful demonstrations in Lhasa—first on 5 March 1988 during the Great Prayer Festival, and again on 9 March 1989. On both occasions, he was detained without trial in Gutsa, Outridu, and Sitru prisons, where he endured overcrowded conditions, inadequate food, restrictions on religious practice, and frequent beatings. He also took part in prison protests over food despite the risk of punishment.

Yeshi Togden was released in 1988 following the visit of a U.S. delegation and again in 1989 after several months in detention. Under Chinese “cleansing” policies, he was permanently barred from rejoining any monastery. As a result, he left Tibet in 1990.

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Yeshi Thupten

Description of event

Yeshi Thupten, a 76 years old carpenter was arrested in 1990. Details regarding his imprisonment are not available. He was released and reached Nepal in May, 1992

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Tenzin

Detention Year
2000s: 2000
Date of Detention
17/03/2000
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Tsenden Monastery

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Yeshi Tenzin

Description of event

Yeshi Tenzin, a monk from Sog Tsendhen Monastery in Sog County, was arrested on 17 March 2000 for putting up pro-independence wall posters. In December 2000, he was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment.

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Yeshi Sangpo

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
1/12/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Samten(Lay name Bagdo)

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Yeshi Samten (lay name Bagdo) was a 19-year-old monk at Gaden Monastery, originally from a nomadic family in Meldro Gongkar. On 5 March 1988, he participated in a protest during the Lhasa Monlam Chenmo. As authorities began arresting demonstrators, he fled to his hometown. Shortly thereafter, five police officers came to his home and arrested him.

He was subsequently convicted and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment at Trowu Prison. After returning to Gaden Monastery, he observed that the Government Work Department had infiltrated the monastery’s administration and begun intimidating monks. New political programs were introduced, and 40 monks were expelled from the monastery. He later escaped to India in April 1991.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Samten (Tenzin Yeshi)

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
7/05/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Labour camp
Description of event

Belongs to Gaden Monastery

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Yeshi Samten (Samten Gyaltsen)

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
26/03/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Belongs to Yarda Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Samten

Detention Year
1990s: 1993
Date of Detention
19/06/1993
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Belongs to Lo Monastery (Phenpo)

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Samten

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
30/11/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Detained for arguing with work team at the monastery Belongs to Yada Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Rabten (Sangay)

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
7/05/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Labour camp
Description of event

Belongs to Gaden Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Rabgyal (Bakdo)

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
7/05/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Gaden Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Rabgyal

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Yeshi Rabgyal (born 1968) was a monk at Gaden Monastery in Meldrogunkar County, Lhasa City. In May 1996, during a “re-education” session at the monastery, a Chinese work team imposed a total ban on pictures of the Dalai Lama. Leading a large group of monks, Yeshi confronted the officials and refused to surrender the images. That evening, security forces returned with reinforcements, resulting in a violent clash in which two monks were killed.

The following day, Yeshi Rabgyal was identified and arrested along with monk Jampa Lodroe. He was severely beaten during detention at Gutsa. In the months that followed, a total of 62 monks and one layperson were arrested, with 17—including Yeshi Rabgyal—receiving sentences of five years or more.

In August 1996, the Lhasa Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Yeshi Rabgyal and Jampa Lodroe to 15 years’ imprisonment. Yeshi was initially held in Drapchi Prison, then transferred to Trisam “re-education through labour” Prison, before continuing his term in Drapchi. Other prisoners from this crackdown included Jampa Lodroe (Lobsang Tenpa), Atsak, Jampa Tenkyong, Pasang Tsogye, Tenzin Gelek, Yonten Gyalpo, Lobsang Wangchuk, Sonam Tsering, Lobsang Dawa, Kunchok Dhondup, Phuntsok Dhondup, Tasang Norbu, Jampa Thaye, Dueshe Lobsang Dawa, and Lobsang Tenzin.

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Yeshi Pema

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Yeshi Pema, born in 1973 and a native of Phenpo Lhundrup County, was one of the five nuns from Chubsang Nunnery arrested for participating in a pro-independence protest in the Barkhor area of Lhasa on 2 February 1995. She was initially detained at Gutsa Detention Centre and later transferred to Drapchi Prison on 30 July 1995.

In June 1995, the Lhasa Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Yeshi Pema to six years’ imprisonment. After serving four years of her sentence, she was released early on the grounds of “good behaviour.”

Status of Detention
Released: Early release
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Yeshi Pema

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
8/02/1995
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Chubsang Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Palmo

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
31/12/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Protested against Chinese Work Team officials during Re-Education Belongs to Rating Samtenling Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Palmo

Detention Year
2000s: 2006
Date of Detention
31/05/2006
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Paljor (Paljor Choegyal)

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
30/11/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Discovered documents from India Belongs to Sungrabling Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Palden

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/06/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Khangmar Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Nyima

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
3/04/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Tongkor Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Nyima

Detention Year
2000s: 2000
Date of Detention
2/05/2000
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Belongs to Themthog Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Ngawang

Description of event

Yeshi Ngawang (born 1968), from Chideshol Kyimshe in Gongkar County, was a monk at Sungrabling Monastery. On 10 March 1989, he and five other monks posted notices commemorating the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, calling for Tibetan independence and the return of the Dalai Lama. He was arrested on 20 April 1989 following a police raid and, in August 1989, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and three years’ deprivation of political rights. He was later transferred to Drapchi Prison.

In December 1990, after the death in custody of fellow prisoner Lhakpa Tsering, Yeshi Ngawang took part in prison protests. In April 1991, he was beaten and held in solitary confinement for one month for leading another protest. In April 1993, he was caught passing his family a written account of political prisoners and prison conditions. Accused of “leaking state secrets,” he received an additional nine-year sentence, bringing his total term to 14 years. His health reportedly deteriorated severely in prison, and his release was expected in 2003.

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Yeshi Namkha

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
1/10/2009
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Lodoe

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
1/01/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Sharing imformation about a protest

Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Lhatso

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
12/06/2011
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Lhamo

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
28/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Dragkar Nunnery

Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Lhamo

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Gaden Choeling Nunnery

Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Lhakdon

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
28/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

According to information provided to TCHRD by Pema Wangyal ; a monk from Drepung Monastery in south India who is a relative of the nun ; the three nuns protested peacefully in Kardze County in 2008 shouting slogans such as “Tibet belongs to Tibetans!” “Tibetans want Human Rights!” They also threw leaflets that bore slogans calling for the long life of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and for freedom in Tibet. Chinese police detained them immediately. Belongs to Dragkar Nunnery

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Yeshi Khedup

Detention Year
1990s: 1993
Date of Detention
6/05/1993
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Gaden Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Khedup

Detention Year
1990s: 1992
Date of Detention
6/05/1992
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Gaden Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Kalsang

Detention Year
1990s: 1993
Date of Detention
6/06/1993
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Gyaldoe Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Jugney

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
15/04/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Police and PAP reportedly broke into homes and Detained 15 young males suspected of distributing posters and leaflets “calling for independence in Tibet,”

Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Jinpa

Description of event

Yeshi Jinpa, whose lay name is Pema Samdup, was a 28-year-old monk from Sungrabling Monastery in Lhoka County at the time of his arrest. He was detained on 28 June 1993 by a Chinese “work team” and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment.

In 1998, his sentence was extended by a further five years for his involvement in the 1 May prison protest, bringing his total term of imprisonment to eleven years.

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Yeshi Jinpa

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
2/12/2009
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

On December 2, 2009, officials in Lhasa city, the TAR capital, Detained 4 Tibetan residents of Suo (Sog) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, while they were in Lhasa. Norbu Zangpo and nun Choedron traveled to Lhasa to bring food to Tenzin Dargye and Tsanden Monastery monk Yeshe Jinpa, who were performing Buddhist prostrations at the Jokhang Temple. No information is available about the criminal charges against the four Tibetans or the location of Norbu Zangpo and Choedon’s prison Belongs to Tsenden Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Jigme

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
17/05/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Jangchup

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Former Political Prisoner
  • Religious
Description of event

Yeshi Jangchup, a 63-year-old monk from Shigatse, was affiliated with Drepung Monastery in Lhasa. He was arrested on 8 March 1989 for participating in a demonstration in Lhasa. He was put in Sangyip prison. He had a prior conviction dating back to 1959 for opposing the Chinese occupation of Tibet.

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Yeshi Jangchup

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
16/08/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Drepung Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Jamyang (Yeshi)

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
30/03/1996
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Jamyang

Detention Year
1990s: 1992
Date of Detention
11/02/1992
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Serkhang Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Gyurmey

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
17/05/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Gyatso

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yeshi Gyatso

Detention Year
2000s: 2003
Date of Detention
16/06/2003
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
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Yeshi Gyatso

Description of event

On 16 June 2003, Yeshi Gyatso, a student at Tibet University and a member of the Lhasa City Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), was arrested in Lhasa on charges of alleged “splittist activities.” His detention occurred in the lead-up to the Dalai Lama’s birthday on 6 July, a period during which Chinese authorities imposed strict restrictions on prayer gatherings, incense burning, and other Tibetan cultural and religious observances.

Yeshi Gyatso was believed to be held at the Lhasa City Public Security Bureau Detention Centre. He reportedly faced the possibility of a lengthy prison sentence in connection with activities linked to expressions of Tibetan national identity.

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Yeshi Gyalwang

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
31/12/1995
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Tsenden Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Gyaltsen

Detention Year
1990s: 1992
Date of Detention
31/10/1992
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Ragya Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Dorjee

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yeshi Dorjee

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
16/03/2012
Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Dorjee

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
9/06/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Belongs to Kharnang Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Dorjee

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
30/04/2009
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Dolma (Tsering Dedrup)

Detention Year
1990s: 1992
Date of Detention
12/08/1992
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Lochung Tsang Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Dolma

Detention Year
2010s: 2014
Date of Detention
12/08/2014
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Peaceful Protest for release of the arbitrarily arrestted village leader Wangdak

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Dolma

Detention Year
1990s: 1994
Date of Detention
15/06/1994
Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Dhargyal

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
22/06/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

On 22 June 2008 ; In the afternoon around 1:00 PM of the same day ; a 37 year-old monk named Sergha and 27 year-old monk ; Yeshi Dargye ; also of Khangmar Monastery further staged protest by distributing pamphlets and calling for a free Tibet ; and praying for the long life of the Dalai Lama and the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet. Belongs to Khangmar Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Dawa

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
27/04/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Gaden Choeling Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Damdul

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Yeshi Damdul, born in 1968, was among the six monks involved in the March 1989 poster campaign commemorating the Tibetan National Uprising Day. A monk of Sungrabling Monastery, he participated in drafting and distributing pro-independence slogans advocating Tibetan freedom and loyalty to the Dalai Lama.

After authorities identified the monks, Yeshi Damdul was arrested and formally charged with “counter-revolutionary propaganda.” During the October 1989 trial conducted by the Lhoka Intermediate People’s Court, he was accused of undermining state authority through political activism. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and three years’ deprivation of political rights.

He was subsequently transferred to Drapchi Prison together with the other monks, where political detainees were subjected to harsh treatment and close surveillance.

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Yeshi Chosang

Description of event

Yeshi Chosang, aged 25, was another Tibetan political prisoner held in Gutsa Detention Centre. She had reportedly been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for her involvement in political protests and activities opposing Chinese policies in Tibet.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Choephel

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Former Political Prisoner
  • Religious
Description of event

Yeshi Choephel, a 61-year-old monk from Drepung Monastery, was arrested on 8 March 1989 for participating in a protest in Lhasa. He was put in Sangyip prison. He had a prior conviction dating back to 1959, after which he was imprisoned for 20 years.

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Yeshi Choegyal

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
15/04/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Police and PAP reportedly broke into homes and Detained15 young males suspected of distributing posters and leaflets “calling for independence in Tibet,”

Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi Choedon (Choezom)

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
10/03/1995
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Chimelung Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi Choedon

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
29/02/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Recieved "financial aid from the Dalai Clique's 'Security Department'" for providing "intelligence and information"

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
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Yeshi Choedon

Detention Year
2000s: 2001
Date of Detention
14/11/2001
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi (Rigzin Choedon)

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
30/07/1995
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Samye Chimpu Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
1/01/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

He was accused of being involved in a blast at a police station carried out by a fellow villager named Tashi.

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
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Yeshi

Detention Year
1990s: 1998
Date of Detention
16/07/1998
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Choegar Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
2/04/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Beri Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi

Detention Year
2010s: 2010
Date of Detention
14/03/2010
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Arbitrarily detained under the suspicion of their involvement in the incident and took them to Hualong PSB office for questioning. According to source ; Tulku Woeser was released after two days of detention and questioning while Yeshi and Jamyang still continue to remain in PSB detention. Belongs to Ditsa Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
2/04/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
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Yeshi

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
1/07/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Chubsang Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi

Detention Year
2000s: 2000
Date of Detention
2/05/2000
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Yeshi

Detention Year
2010s: 2014
Date of Detention
12/08/2014
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Peaceful Protest for release of the arbitrarily arrestted village leader Wangdak

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Yeshi

Description of event

No further information found.

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Yeshi

Detention Year
2000s: 2007
Date of Detention
30/11/2007
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
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Yeshi

Description of event

Yeshi (b. 1966) from Tsang was another associate implicated in the activities of the Association of Tibetan Freedom Movement. He was arrested on 25 December 1996 and subsequently sentenced to five years in prison on charges related to the group’s political activism.

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Yeshe Sangpo

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
05/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Yeshe Sangpo, 58, is a native of Bum-nying village in Dzachuka, Sershul (Ch: Shiqu) County, Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, where he lives with his wife, Tsering Dolma.

In 2007, Yeshe Sangpo and his brother, Lobsang, led a local protest in Sershul (Ch: Shiqu) County to demand the protection of the Tibetan language against restrictive policies. As primary organizers of the movement, they were met with excessive police force, which resulted in a violent confrontation between the public and authorities.

In the aftermath, Yeshe Sangpo was accused of causing the death of a police officer and was detained for several months. In May 2008, he was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yeshe Nyima

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yeshe Khedrup

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Yeshe Khedrup, whose lay name is Tenzin, was a 24-year-old monk from Idem, Lhasa, and a member of Ganden Monastery. He is related to Gyaltsen Pesang and Ngawang Losel.

On 5 March 1992, Yeshe Khedrup was arrested while participating in a pro-independence demonstration in the Barkhor area of Lhasa. Following legal proceedings, he was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment and detained in Drapchi Prison.

While in custody, he was reportedly subjected to physical abuse. On 5 November 1994, he was transferred to Wujin Hospital, located southwest of Drapchi Prison, after having been severely kicked during detention. As a result of the injuries sustained, he developed kidney complications requiring medical treatment.

He was visited by relatives on 14 and 15 November 1994 while receiving medical care.

Status of Detention
Released: On medical parole
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yeshe Dhargyal

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
22/06/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yeshe

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yeshe

Detention Year
2010s: 2015
Date of Detention
20/12/2015
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

On 20 December ; a day after Dhondup'd protest ; his uncle Yeshi ; aged 30 ; was picked up by police for questioning

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yepug

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
24/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yelo

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
17/06/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Yaksek Nunnery

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yegam

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
7/12/2009
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yega

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
31/03/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yega

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
15/04/2009
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yarphel Gyatso

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
5/04/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Ngulra Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yarphel

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
21/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yarphel

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
21/04/2011
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

PAP and PSB officials ; forcibly removed at least 300 monks at Kirti Monastery ; located in Aba (Ngaba) county ; who resisted “patriotic education” and took them to locations outside the county.On April 23 ; Xinhua reported that the county government issued a circular stating that officials would require Kirti monks to undergo "legal education” on Chinese laws and regulations. Belongs to Kirti Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yarphel

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
21/03/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Socktsang Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yarphel

Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Date of Detention
4/02/2013
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

People may have suspected of links to self-immolations by Tsondu monks Tenpa Dhargyal and Chemi Palden on March 20 ; 2012 and monk Lobsang Lozin on July 17 ; 2013

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yarphel

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
12/08/2012
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yarlo

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
24/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yarkho

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
31/10/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yargyal

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yargay

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
1/03/2008
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yargay

Detention Year
2010s: 2010
Date of Detention
17/03/2010
Description of event

On March 17, the day of their detention, they had organized a "gathering" of students at the school to commemorate the 2008 Tibetan protests.

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangzom

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
12/09/2012
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangzom

Detention Year
1990s: 1992
Date of Detention
21/03/1992
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Chubsang Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangzom

Detention Year
1990s: 1992
Date of Detention
30/06/1992
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangzom

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangzom

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
18/06/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Detained for staging a peaceful protest in Kardze County on 18 June 2008. According to information received by TCHRD on 1 February 2008 ; all three nuns were now held in a unknown prison in Tsithar Township ; Chengdu ; Sichuan Province. Sources also reported that at least 44 nuns were held in that prison. Belongs to Yarteng Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangzom

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
6/05/2008
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangtso

Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Date of Detention
31/10/2013
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Found "photo" or "pictures" of Tsering Gyal on Yangtso's mobile phone. The phone also contained "texts requesting post death prayer offerings" on behalf of Tsering Gyal on her Wechat App

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangtso

Detention Year
2020s: 2025
Date of Detention
2/03/2023
Description of event

On 2 March 2023, local police detained Yangtso, 23, from Gyatso Township, Namling (Ch: Nanmulin) County, Shigatse (Ch: Xigaze) City, Tibet Autonomous Region. The police detained her after checking her cell phone and seeing that she had contacted and sent photos to people outside the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Yangtso worked at the Snow Mountain Restaurant(Tib: གངས་རིའི་ཟ་ཁང་།) in Shigatse (Ch: Xigaze) City at the time of her detention.

She is currently being detained at the local police station of Namling County.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangrik

Detention Year
2020s: 2023
Date of Detention
25/08/2021
Description of event

The two Middle School students are believed to have drawn police attention by speaking on the WeChat social media platform against a Chinese policy mandating, beginning in September, that all classes in local schools be taught only in Chinese

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangmo Kyi

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
23/10/2012
Description of event

Showed his support by protecting the death body of the Dorjee Rinchen who have resorted to self immolation in October 2012

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yanglo

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
15/02/2009
Description of event

Chinese police in Lithang County ; Sichuan province ; on Monday detained at least five more Tibetans after they joined the “peaceful protest demonstration” staged by 15 Tibetans in Lithang main market ; according to information received by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangli

Detention Year
2000s: 2002
Date of Detention
30/09/2002
Description of event

Belongs to Local Government

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangkyi Dolma

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
24/03/2009
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Yangkyi Dolma and Sonam Yangchen of Lamdrag (earlier reported as Dragkar) Nunnery in Kardze County ; Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) “Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture” (TAP) ; Sichuan Province ; staged a peaceful protest at the Kardze County main market square on 24 March 2009. The protest was staged at around 3 pm (Beijing Standard time) shouting slogans calling for the “swift return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet ; ” “human rights for Tibetans in Tibet ; ” and “religious freedom in Tibet.” Both nuns were severely beaten by the security forces at the site of the demonstration. Belongs to Lamdrag Nunnery

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangkyi

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
12/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Belongs to Dragkar Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangkyi

Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Date of Detention
3/11/2013
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Discussing a "political education" session officials ordered villagers to attend ealier that day and at the session ; villagers demanded the release of "disappeared" writer Tsultrim Gyaltsen anf his friend Yugyal. Later that day the women went to the officials residences and continued to demand the two men's release ; reportedly telling officials if the men had broken the law ; they should identify the law and "stop being secretive about the case." The women reportedly "complained strongly against the random detention of Tibetans"

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangkyab

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
22/03/2009
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangkar Tsering

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
25/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangkar (Yang-Ga)

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
15/02/1995
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Gyabdrag Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangdon

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
15/02/1995
Description of event

Along with Chogdrup Drolma, Che Che and 10 others she participated in a demonstration in Lhasa calling for Tibetan Independence and long live of the Dalai Lama. They were immediately detained by the Lhasa PSB.

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangdol

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
13/06/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Chubsang Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangdol

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
15/02/1995
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangdol

Detention Year
1990s: 1993
Date of Detention
11/12/1993
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Shugsib Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangdol

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
2/02/1995
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Labour camp
Description of event

Belongs to Chubsang Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangdo

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
20/03/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchuk Gham

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
28/03/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Nubzur Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen Palmo

Detention Year
2010s: 2014
Date of Detention
12/08/2014
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Peaceful Protest for release of the arbitrarily arrestted village leader Wangdak

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen Lhamo

Detention Year
2010s: 2014
Date of Detention
12/08/2014
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Peaceful Protest for release of the arbitrarily arrestted village leader Wangdak

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen Kyi

Detention Year
2010s: 2010
Date of Detention
30/03/2010
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen Khando

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Belongs to Pang Ri-Na Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen (Phuntsok Soyang)

Detention Year
1990s: 1994
Date of Detention
30/11/1994
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
2/05/1995
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
31/01/1995
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
15/06/2011
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Three Kardze nuns ; including Yangchen detained for carrying out peaceful protests last month have been sentenced to three year prison term each. They raised slogans demanding Tibet's independence and His Holiness the Dalai Lama's return. Belongs to Kardze Gyemadrak Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen

Detention Year
1990s: 1993
Date of Detention
20/05/1993
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
12/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Dragkar Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen

Detention Year
1990s: 1994
Date of Detention
27/05/1994
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Pang Ri-Na Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen

Detention Year
2010s: 2013
Date of Detention
16/12/2013
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

On suspicion of burning a Chinese flag

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yangchen

Description of event

Yangchen (born 1972) was a nun at Tsethang Sa-ngag Nunnery at the time of her arrest. She was detained on 1 February 1995 for distributing pamphlets calling for Tibet’s independence and for putting up wall posters around Tsethang Sa-ngag Nunnery. She was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and has been held in Drapchi Prison.

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yama Tsering

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
2/04/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

He was detained along with nyendak from the school and taken to an undisclosed location. Nyendak (aged 51) has worked as the director of the school for over 20 years while Yama Tsering (aged 36) joined theschool as an English teacher in 2005 and since then had worked as a teacher without taking any pay.

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yama Tashi

Detention Year
2010s: 2018
Date of Detention
27/06/2018
Description of event

Yama Tashi along with an unknow person, both restaurant owner were detained in June for possession of Dalai Lama’s photo.

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yali

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
27/03/2009
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yakpo Dhondup

Detention Year
2000s: 2003
Date of Detention
5/10/2003
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yak Nah

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
30/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yagdor

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
22/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yagar

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
30/08/2009
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yagar

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
30/08/2009
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Yadzi County(ཡ་རྫི་རྫོང་།)

County Geolocation
35° 42′ 3″ N, 102° 26′ 25″ E
COUNTIES
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Yadong

Detention Year
1990s: 1997
Date of Detention
30/06/1997
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wulan County

COUNTIES
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Wudor

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
31/03/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Wonpo Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wotso

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/05/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wotse

Description of event

Wotse (b. 1943), a businessman from Ngaba County, was arrested alongside the Kirti monk Tenzin on 23 May 1998 after returning from India, where he attended Kalachakra initiations and collected information on the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, including speeches by the Dalai Lama. He shared the materials with Tenzin, who copied and distributed them. Both were sentenced to five years' imprisonment for disseminating politically sensitive information and criticizing the Chinese government, and were incarcerated in Maowan Prison.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woetsul

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
22/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woetso

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Pang Ri-Na Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woetse

Detention Year
1990s: 1998
Date of Detention
29/11/1998
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Woeser(Tashi Rabten)

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Woeser(Tashi Rabten) was a 24 years old monk from Sera monastery. Details regarding his arrest and sentenced are not found.

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woeser Yeshi

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
2/04/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woeser Thayal

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
23/03/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Gaden Choeling Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woeser Phuntsok

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
7/06/2011
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Public security bureau officials detained at least five Tibetan monks (four named) for staging peaceful protests in the seat of Ganzi (Kardze). At about 2:30 PM on June 6 near the county PSB office ; monks Tsewang Tashi and Gyurme Sonam ; both On June 7 around midday in the town center ; three Beri Monastery monks ; Woeser Phuntsok ; Pema Tsering ; and an unidentified monk ; began to shout slogans. Police seized and beat them ; then took them away. around 18 years old ; began tossing leaflets into the air and shouting slogans calling for Tibetan freedom and the Dalai Lama’s long life and return to Tibet. Belongs to Beri Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woeser Gyatso

Detention Year
1990s: 1993
Date of Detention
30/11/1993
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Woeser Dorjee

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
23/03/2011
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Detained at least eight Tibetans among “hundreds” of Tibetans who staged a political protest in Nada township ; located in Rangtang (Dzamthang) county. After the protesters walked three times around a market area ; security personnel allegedly charged the protesters and beat them with batons and rifle butts ; injuring some.

Status of Detention
Detained
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Woeser Choekyi

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Woeser Choekyi (b. 1966) was a nun from Shugseb Nunnery who took part in a peaceful demonstration in Barkhor, Lhasa, on 28 August 1990. Along with five other nuns, she shouted pro-Tibetan independence slogans, including calls for a “Free Tibet” and support for the Dalai Lama. She was immediately arrested by Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials and taken to a detention centre near Lhasa.

During her detention, Woeser Choekyi was subjected to harsh treatment, including repeated beatings, humiliation, and coercive interrogation. Authorities reportedly used physical violence while repeatedly questioning the nuns. As a result of her participation in the demonstration, she was imprisoned but released upon completion of her sentence.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Woeser Choekyi

Detention Year
1990s: 1999
Date of Detention
1/04/1999
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Labour camp
Description of event

Belongs to Shugsib Nunnery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
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Woeser

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
21/04/2011
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

PAP and PSB officials ; forcibly removed at least 300 monks at Kirti Monastery ; located in Aba (Ngaba) county ; who resisted “patriotic education” and took them to locations outside the county.On April 23 ; Xinhua reported that the county government issued a circular stating that officials would require Kirti monks to undergo "legal education” on Chinese laws and regulations. Belongs to Kirti Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woeser

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
31/07/1995
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woeser

Detention Year
2000s: 2003
Date of Detention
1/07/2003
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woeser

Detention Year
2010s: 2010
Date of Detention
14/03/2010
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Arbitrarily detained under the suspicion of their involvement in the incident and took them to Hualong PSB office for questioning. According to source ; Tulku Woeser was released after two days of detention and questioning while Yeshi and Jamyang still continue to remain in PSB detention. Belongs to Ditsa Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woeser

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
23/01/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woekyi

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
22/03/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woekar Kyi

Detention Year
2010s: 2015
Date of Detention
15/08/2015
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

She staged a solo protest about 3 pm on 15 August 2015 ; shouting slogans calling on the Chinese government to grant freedom to Tibet and allow Dalai Lama to return home

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woegoe

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
8/03/2012
Description of event

sentenced for raising slogans on 8 March 2012

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woedhen

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
18/03/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Status of Detention
Released: Early release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Woechung Gyatso

Detention Year
2010s: 2018
Date of Detention
16/04/2018
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Sources told TCHRD that Woechung Gyatso was likely detained for posting on We Chat pictures and articles deemed illegal under Chinese laws particularly the Cybersecurity Law that came into effect in June 2017. Chinese authorities have also issued local directives on internet censorship in other Tibetan areas. Belongs to Tsang Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wochung Kyi

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
18/03/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Washul Dotruk

Detention Year
2000s: 2007
Date of Detention
30/11/2007
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Dothuk Belongs to Didah Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Washul Dortruk

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
3/12/2012
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Washul Dortrug

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
3/04/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangyang

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
19/06/2011
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangyal Tsering

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
26/11/2012
Description of event

A group of students staged a protest to demand greater rights including the right to use Tibetan as the language of Instruction in the schools.

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangyal

Detention Year
1990s: 1993
Date of Detention
3/08/1993
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangyal

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
3/04/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Tharggye Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangyal

Detention Year
2000s: 2001
Date of Detention
28/02/2001
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Sera Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangyal

Description of event

Wangyal participated in the 10 March 1988 protest in Lhasa and witnessed the killing of his uncle’s son, Tsewang Gyurmey, and several others by security forces. After hiding for three days, he learned that his image was circulating among authorities. He fled with his wife and went into hiding in Shigatse and later around Mount Kailash to avoid arrest.

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangyal

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
30/11/1995
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangyal

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
19/10/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

He was linked for having replaced the Chinese national flag with a tibetan flag at a school

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangtse

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
30/11/2011
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangtop

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
20/03/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
View

Wangpo

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
25/03/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangmo

Detention Year
2010s: 2015
Date of Detention
15/07/2015
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

She was detained after she staged a solo protest ; holding a portrait of His Holiness The Dalai Lama ; on the street of Meuruma township

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangmo

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
24/03/2008
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangmo

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
8/12/2009
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wanglu

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
1/01/2009
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wanglo

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
31/05/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangkyi

Detention Year
2020s: 2026
Date of Detention
September
Description of event

Wangkyi, aged 43 and Tsering Tashi, aged 41, are members of the Haritsang family in Rongkharsar town in Ngaba County. They belong to a family of eight siblings. Wangkyi is married to Sonam Tsering, and they have four daughters. According to our sources, reports suggest that the members of the Haritsang family have been arrested due to maintaining contacts in India, though specific details are scarce. Recently, repression in the Ngaba region has intensified, with increased restrictions particularly aimed at Kirti Monastery and nearby villages.

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdue Gyatso

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
2/08/2009
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Belongs to Palyul Namgyal Monastery

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdue

Detention Year
2000s: 2003
Date of Detention
5/10/2003
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdue

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
14/03/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Description of event

Copied "splittist" CD-ROMs and leaflets; sent "intelligence" to "the Dalai Clique" Belongs to Gaden Choeling Monastery

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdue

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
31/03/1995
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Shelkar Choede Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdue

Detention Year
2010s: 2012
Date of Detention
15/04/2012
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Police and PAP reportedly broke into homes and Detained 15 young males suspected of distributing posters and leaflets “calling for independence in Tibet,”

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdue

Detention Year
1990s: 1993
Date of Detention
7/08/1993
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdue

Detention Year
1990s: 1999
Date of Detention
29/10/1999
Type of Place of Current Detention
Labour camp
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdue

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
30/11/1995
Type of Place of Current Detention
Prison
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdue

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
22/03/2008
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdue

Detention Year
1990s: 1996
Date of Detention
25/01/1996
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Palkhor Choede Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdu

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Wangdu, a 22-year-old resident of Taktse County, was arrested on 8 March 1989 for allegedly participating in the mass demonstrations held in Lhasa between 5 and 7 March 1989. Following his arrest, he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and was detained in Sangyip Prison.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdu

Description of event

In 1997 during a visit to Drapchi Prison by a delegation of United Nations Commission on Arbitrary Detention. Kyil Khar, Sonam Tsewang from Meldro County and Wangdu from Sakya County demonstrated a protest shouting slogans for long live of the Dalai Lama and for Tibet's independence. His prison sentences were extended by further four years however information regarding his original sentences and charges remain unknown.

Status of Detention
Sentenced: Serving sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdu

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

Wangdu (born in 1967) was a Buddhist monk from Taktse Dechen Sangak Monastery. He was arrested in December 1994 for participating in a peaceful demonstration in Lhasa, Tibet. Following his arrest, he was convicted and sentenced to four years of imprisonment. While serving his sentence, Wangdu allegedly took part in the Drapchi Prison Protest in May 1998, which resulted in an additional four-year prison term. Consequently, his total sentence was extended to eight years of imprisonment.

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangden

Detention Year
2000s: 2001
Date of Detention
31/08/2001
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Socktsang Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangden

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
30/11/1995
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangden

Detention Year
1990s: 1993
Date of Detention
30/06/1993
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdak Nyima

Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Date of Detention
30/11/2009
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdak

Detention Year
2010s: 2014
Date of Detention
11/08/2014
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Wangdrag informed local officials about local Tibetan women’s complaints of harassment ; Officials allegedly responded by accusing Wangdrag ; the “Denma Horse Festival Committee” chairman ; of conducting an“illegal” prayer and incense offering ceremony prior to horse races. Wangdrag argued that the ceremony was a tradition.

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdak

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
21/04/2011
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Description of event

PAP and PSB officials ; forcibly removed at least 300 monks at Kirti Monastery ; located in Aba (Ngaba) county ; who resisted “patriotic education” and took them to locations outside the county.On April 23 ; Xinhua reported that the county government issued a circular stating that officials would require Kirti monks to undergo "legal education” on Chinese laws and regulations. Belongs to Kirti Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangdak

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
24/03/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangchuk Phuljung

Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Former Political Prisoner
  • Religious
Description of event

Wangchuk Phuljung, a 31-year-old monk from Toelung Dechen County affiliated with Drepung Monastery, was arrested on 1 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.

POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangchuk Dorjee

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
24/06/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

Belongs to Beri Monastery

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangchuk Dhargyal

Detention Year
2010s: 2011
Date of Detention
21/04/2011
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Juvenile
  • Religious
Description of event

PAP and PSB officials ; forcibly removed at least 300 monks at Kirti Monastery ; located in Aba (Ngaba) county ; who resisted “patriotic education” and took them to locations outside the county.On April 23 ; Xinhua reported that the county government issued a circular stating that officials would require Kirti monks to undergo "legal education” on Chinese laws and regulations. Belongs to Kirti Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangchuk

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
17/04/2008
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangchuk

Detention Year
2000s: 2008
Date of Detention
12/05/2008
Vulnerable Group at Detention
  • Religious
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Description of event

The Chinese authorities have been conducting intense “Patriotic re-education” campaign in Woeser and Khenpa Lungpa Monasteries since the beginning of April 2008. Sources told TCHRD that on 10 May 2008 ; the Chinese “work team” entered the monasteries to conduct intense and rigorous “Patriotic re-education” campaign which resulted in a bitter and heated arguments between the annoyed monks and the Chinese authorities. However ; none of the monks signed off the official documents and nor did they write essays denouncing the Dalai Lama. In response to the monks’ adamant refusal ; the Chinese authorities detained them. On 12 May 2008 ; 10 monks of Khenpa Lungpa Monastery were detained. Similarly on 13 May 2008 ; 6 monks of Woeser Monastery were also detained. Two lay TARans were later detained on 14 May 2008. Belongs to Khenpa Lungpa Monastery

Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangchuk

Detention Year
2010s: 2019
Date of Detention
8/03/2019
Description of event

Mr Wangchuk, 45, was detained by Chinese police officers around 8 March this year. He was detained from Shigatse city while he was returning from one of his business trips to Lhasa. He is believed to have been detained for sharing some H.H. Dalai Lama books.

There is no confirmed information about the exact whereabouts of Wangchuk. His family members however believe that he had been sentenced and imprisoned at Nyari Prison in Shigatse.

Status of Detention
Detained
POLITICAL PRISONER
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Wangchuk

Detention Year
1990s: 1995
Date of Detention
1/09/1995
Type of Place of Current Detention
Detention centre
Status of Detention
Released: Upon completion of sentence
POLITICAL PRISONER
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