Sex Male
Birth date 1985-05-08
Birth place Kyegudo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province
Resident place No. 45, West Lane, Contemporary Road, Jiegu Town, Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province
Education Primary School
Profession Businessman (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2016-01-27 (detained), 2016-03-04 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Yushu City, Qinghai Province
Cause of arrest Interviewed by the New York Times to explain the viewpoint of promoting the teaching of the mother tongue of Tibetans
Charge Inciting secession of the country
Date of sentence 2018-01-04 (hearing), 2018-05-16 (verdict), 2018-08-13 (appeal)
Organ of sentence Intermediate People’s Court of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, High People’s Court of Qinghai Province (appeal)
Sentence 5 years imprisonment and 5 years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyers QI Qilei and LIANG Xiaojun
Place of jail Dongchuan Prison, Xining City, Qinghai Province
Situation in jail Unknown
Date of release 2021-01-28
Family contact
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released due to expiry of his sentence
His family learned about him only after he was detained for almost two months
References
https://www.chinesepen.org/english/nearly-1000-writers-and-linguists-sign-open-letter-demanding-china-release-tibetan-language-advocate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashi_Wangchuk_(activist)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/world/asia/tibetan-activist-tashi-wangchuk-sentenced.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000004031427/a-tibetans-journey-for-justice.html
https://www.state.gov/conviction-of-tashi-wangchuk/
https://pen.org/advocacy-case/tashi-wangchuk/