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Search Results Detail for 'Kalsang Tsultrim'
 
Personal Details
CECC Record Number: 2010-00302   Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Detention Status: DET   Sex: M
Issue Category: eth/rel/spch   Age at Detention: 30
Main Name: Kalsang Tsultrim   Religion: Tibetan Buddhist (Gelug)
Chinese Characters (Main Name): 格桑楚臣(音) Occupation: monk (Buddhist)
Alternate Name (Lay or Pen): Gyitsang Takmig   Affiliation: Gyitsang Gaden Choeling Mon.
Additional Name(s): Gyitsang Tagmig, Gyitsang Takmik   Residence Province: Gansu Province
Pinyin Name: Gesang Chuchen   Residence Prefecture: Gannan [Kanlho] Tibetan Auto. Pref.
  Residence County: Xiahe [Sangchu] Cty.
Imprisonment or Detention Details
Date of Detention: 2010/07/27
Current Prison: Lanzhou? (general location)
Sentence Length (Years): 4
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Province Where Imprisoned (or Detained): Gansu Province
Prefecture Where Imprisoned (or Detained): Lanzhou Shi (pref.)
County Where Imprisoned (or Detained): (na)
Legal Process
Legal Process: chg?/tri/sent   Formal Arrest Date:
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Sentence Court: Gannan [Kanlho] Intermediate People's Court   Sentence Date: 2011/12/30
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  Actual Date Released: 2010/10/15
Short Summary
Based on TCHRD (22 August 10) and ICT (28 August 09) reports, on July 27, 2010, public security officials in Ruo'ergai (Dzoege) county, Aba (Ngaba) T&QAP, Sichuan province, detained monk Kalsang Tsultrim of Gyitsang Gaden Choeling Monastery in Xiahe (Sangchu) county, Gannan (Kanlho) TAP, Gansu province. He had been hiding since August 2009 when he distributed 2,500 copies of a video of him speaking of concerns for the Tibetan culture and religion and Tibetans' wish for the Dalai Lama's return (English translation in ICT). "Freedom to me is a right entitled to every Tibetan in terms of preservation of culture, religion, tradition and in terms of maintaining the Tibetan way of life," he stated. Officials released Kalsang Tsultrim on October 15 but warned him that he remained subject to redetention for 6 months if he engaged in political activity (Phayul, 18 October 10). Police redetained him on December 16, 2010, and held him at the Kanlho PSB Detention Center in Hezuo (Tsoe), the Gannan capital (TCHRD, 4 February 11). On December 30, 2011, the Gannan Intermediate People’s Court sentenced him to 4 years in prison (Phayul, 5 January 12). Prison and charge information is unavailable.