135. KUNGA TSEYANG (released)

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Pen name                Gangnyi

 Sex                              Male

 Birth date                1989

Birth place              Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province

Resident place         Labrang monastery, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu ProvinceEducation             Buddhism Institute of Labrang monastery, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu

Profession              Monk, Tibetan writer, photographer and environmentalist (ICPC honorary member)

 Date of arrest         2009-03-17

 Organ of arrest       Public Security Bureau of Hezuo Cuty, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province

Cause of arrest        Publishing online articles on Tibetan culture and the crackdown in the Tibet Autonomous Region in March 2008

Charge                          Inciting split of the country and Leaking the state security

 Date of sentence     2009-11-14

 Organ of sentence  People’s Court of Hezuo City, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province

Sentence                     5 years imprisonment and ? years deprivation of political rights

Defender                    unknown

Place of jail              Dashaping Prison, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province

Situation in jail       unknown

Date of release         2014-01-12

Family contact

Donation to            

 Case adopted by     ICPC

Current Status         Release on expiry of sentence on 2014-01-12 (Therefore the case closed)

 References
http://freetibetanheroes.org/hero-profiles/kunga-tseyang/
http://earthsthirdpole.org/tibet/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=23
http://woeser.middle-way.net/2009/08/blog-post_06.html (photos)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-kunga-tseyang-and-dokru-tsultrim/
http://freetibetanheroes.org/free-tibetan-hero-kunga-tsayang-released/
http://freetibetanheroes.org/portfolio-items/kunga-tseyang/