Sex Male
Birth date 1970
Birth place Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province
Resident place Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province
Education Northwest Minorities University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province; Central University for Nationalities, Beijing
Profession official at Animal Husbandry Bureau of Maqu County, founder and editor of the Tibetan language website Chomei (The Lamp) www.tibetcm.com (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2009-02-26
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province
Cause of arrest Publishing online articles on the crackdown in the Tibet Autonomous Region in March 2008
Charge Leaking the state security
Date of sentence 2009-11-12 (closed)
Organ of sentence Intermediate People’s Court of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province
Sentence 15 years imprisonment and ? years deprivation of political rights
Defender unknown
Place of jail Gannan Prison, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province
Situation in jail Health deterioration
Date of release 2024-02-25
Family contact
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Main case
References
http://www.chinesepen.org/english/china-tibet-pen-reiterates-its-calls-for-the-release-of-writer-and-editor-kunchok-tsephel-gopey-tsang
http://www.refworld.org/docid/56701fa915.html
http://www.ifex.org/china/2009/03/17/internet_writer_kunchok_tsephel/
https://pen.org/infographic-kunchok-tsephel-gopey-tsang/
http://norskpen.no/en_GB/tag/kunchok-tsephel-gopey-tsang/