HRD/biographic_details/8976
Detentions- Person
- Status
- Deceased
- Date of Detention
- Aug 20, 2011
- Length of sentence
- 5 Years
- Description of event
In August 2011 ; he was detained for the fourth time He was arbitrarily detained by around 40 police officers from a hotel room in Tsoe (Ch: Hezuo) city ; Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ; Gansu Province. Monks and students who were at the hotel asked why Jigme Gyatso was being detained but the police refused to answer and denied that Jigme Gyatso was in the room ; even though he could be heard speaking and seen through the windows. The next day ; 50 police officers searched his room in Labrang Monastery and took his computer ; CDs ; and photos of the Dalai Lama.
- Date of sentence
- Nov 30, 2013
- Type of length of sentence
- 3-5 years
- Type of place of detention
- Prison
- Detention centre/prison (Detention template)
- Lanzhou Prison
- Consequences of detention
Prominent Tibetan monk Jigme Gyatso aka Jigme Guri who was released from prison after five
- Responsible for arrest and detention
- Police
- Date of release
- Oct 26, 2016
- Comments
Jigme Gyatso had been barred from wearing his monastic robes or joining his monastery. Sources said this explicit order came from the prison authorities at Lanzhou Prison.
- Created by
- admin
- Created on
- Feb 19, 2018
- Biographic Details Record Number
- HRD/biographic_details/8976