Dolma Kyab

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Dolma Kyab (or Zhuo Shique,

Chushur (Chinese: “Qushui”) Prison, which is located in a rural area south-west of his native home, Lhasa
, Tibet. On March 9, 2005, he was arrested in Lhasa at the middle school where he was employed as a history teacher. On September 16, 2005 he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Lhasa People’s Intermediate Court for the crime of stealing and/or passing on “state secrets.”

Dolma Kyab has received an extensive education having attended his local primary school and then his county middle school. He joined a Teachers Training Center in 1995 and taught at a school in

Tibetan and Chinese, as well as Japanese. As a writer he maintained a commentary manuscript written in Chinese, entitled Sao dong de Ximalayshan (“Himalaya on Stir”). It has 57 chapters written on various topics such as: democracy, the sovereignty of Tibet, Tibet under communism, colonialism, and religion and belief. He also began writing another manuscript which focused on his increasing concern for Tibet’s environment and makes mention to sensitive topics like the geographical alterations that China has brought to Tibet as well as the location of various Chinese Military camps in the Tibet Autonomous Region
(TAR).

After his arrest on March 9, 2005, he was taken to the TAR Public Security Bureau Detention Center, also known as “Seitru” in Tibetan. He was held and tried for “endangering state security;” (Chinese Criminal Law, Articles 110, 111[1]) and was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. An appeal was made by his family and was rejected on November 30, 2005, upholding the 10-year sentence.

While detained at Seitru he contracted tuberculosis and his subsequent transfer to Chushul Prison was barred until he received medical attention. In March 2006 he was reportedly transferred to Chushul Prison after receiving some medical treatment.

There is no official information about the charges against Dolma Kyab, but in a letter that was reportedly smuggled out of prison Dolma Kyab states that his sentence is linked to his unpublished book. In the letter, he appeals for help from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

A group of well-known Tibetian and Chinese writers have been petitioning for his release. Also, the

PEN American Center and the Tibetan PEN have been following his case.[2]

On 8 October 2015 it was reported that Dolma was released from prison after a decade. After his release from

Qushui jail in Lhasa, Kyab was then taken to his home town.[3][4]

See also

Political prisoners

References

  1. ^ International Campaign for Tibet "International Campaign for Tibet: Tibet News: Tibetan scholar sentenced to ten years in prison after writing book on history and culture". Archived from the original on 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  2. ^ Tibetan PEN calls for unconditional release of detained Tibetan writers Archived February 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. PEN AMERICA
    . 8 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Tibetan author jailed by China released after a decade". Hindustan Times. 14 October 2015.
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