{"id":8519,"date":"2021-01-29T06:45:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T11:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=8519"},"modified":"2021-01-29T06:53:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T11:53:14","slug":"236-tashi-wangchuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/236-tashi-wangchuk","title":{"rendered":"236. TASHI WANGCHUK \uff08Released\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sex<\/em><\/strong>                              Male<\/p>\n

Birth date<\/em><\/strong>                1985-05-08<\/p>\n

Birth place<\/em><\/strong>              Kyegudo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,  Qinghai Province<\/p>\n

\n

Resident place<\/em><\/strong>       No. 45, West Lane, Contemporary Road, Jiegu Town, Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Education<\/em><\/strong>               Primary School<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Profession<\/em><\/strong>               Businessman<\/span><\/span> (ICPC honorary member)<\/p>\n

Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>          2016-01-27 (detained),  2016-03-04 (arrested)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Organ of arrest<\/em><\/strong>       Public Security Bureau of Yushu City, Qinghai Province<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cause of arrest<\/em><\/strong>        Interviewed by the New York Times to explain the viewpoint of promoting the teaching of the mother tongue of Tibetans<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Charge<\/em><\/strong>                         Inciting secession of the country<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Date of sentence<\/em><\/strong>     2018-01-04 (hearing), 2018-05-16 (verdict), 2018-08-13 (appeal)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Organ of sentence  <\/em><\/strong>Intermediate People’s Court of  Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, High People’s Court of Qinghai Province  (appeal)<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Sentence                   <\/em><\/strong>5 years imprisonment and 5 years deprivation of political rights<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Defender                  <\/em><\/strong> Lawyers QI Qilei and LIANG Xiaojun<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Place of jail<\/em><\/strong>               Dongchuan Prison, Xining City, Qinghai Province<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Situation in jail<\/em><\/strong>      Unknown<\/p>\n

Date of release        <\/em><\/strong>2021-01-28<\/p>\n

Family contact        <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Donation to<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Case adopted by<\/em><\/strong>     ICPC<\/p>\n

Current Status<\/em><\/strong>        Released due to expiry of his sentence<\/p>\n

His family learned about him only after he was detained for almost two months<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

References<\/em><\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/nearly-1000-writers-and-linguists-sign-open-letter-demanding-china-release-tibetan-language-advocate<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tashi_Wangchuk_(activist)<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/22\/world\/asia\/tibetan-activist-tashi-wangchuk-sentenced.html<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/world\/asia\/100000004031427\/a-tibetans-journey-for-justice.html<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.state.gov\/conviction-of-tashi-wangchuk\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/pen.org\/advocacy-case\/tashi-wangchuk\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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