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Drapchi Prison, or Lhasa Prison No. 1 (Tibetan: གྲྭ་བཞི་, Wylie: grwa bzhi, lit. "four corners"; simplified Chinese: 拉萨第一监狱; traditional Chinese: 拉薩第一監獄)...

singer after she is abducted and held as a prisoner at the Drapchi Prison in Lhasa, Tibet. The prison has been considered a symbol of control and fear and serves...

included recording a tape of freedom songs with 13 other nuns from Drapchi Prison that was smuggled out of Tibet. As a 13-year-old nun Ngawang became...

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sentenced to five years in prison for campaigning for freedom and human rights in Tibet. He was incarcerated at Drapchi Prison in Lhasa. During his incarceration...

the departure of the 14th Dalai Lama in 1959, he was incarcerated in Drapchi Prison where he died in 1966. In the late 1930s, Lobsang Tashi was assigned...

sister cities in China McLeod Ganj Leh, India Mustang, Nepal Drapchi Prison or Lhasa Prison No.1 The Lhasa Atlas /ˈlɑːsə/; Standard Tibetan: ལྷ་ས [l̥ɛː˥˥...

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parole on 31 March 2002 having reached the age of 76. He resided in the Drapchi Prison. He was first sentenced to three years of "re-education through labour"...

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Hermitage Trashi Chöling Hermitage Other landmarks Barkhor Chokpori Drapchi Prison Lhasa Zhol Pillar Tromzikhang Nyang bran Hutoushan Reservoir Samdrup...

Hermitage Trashi Chöling Hermitage Other landmarks Barkhor Chokpori Drapchi Prison Lhasa Zhol Pillar Tromzikhang Nyang bran Hutoushan Reservoir Samdrup...

were receiving in Drapchi. The week long strike caused the prison officers some concern that it might damage the reputation of the prison further if the...

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counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement and imprisoned at the Drapchi Prison that same year. During her incarceration, she produced and smuggled...

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hermitage were evicted and the hermitage was turned into the notorious Drapchi Prison, which gained a reputation for being one of the most severe penal institutions...

of 1996 the sole prison (jianyu) for judicially-sentenced political prisoners in Tibet was TAR Prison No. 1, also called Drapchi Prison after the neighborhood...

Hermitage Trashi Chöling Hermitage Other landmarks Barkhor Chokpori Drapchi Prison Lhasa Zhol Pillar Tromzikhang Nyang bran Hutoushan Reservoir Samdrup...