Takna Jigme Sangpo

Takna Jigme Sangpo
Born1926
Tibet
Died(2020-10-17)17 October 2020 (aged 94)
Turbenthal, Switzerland[1]
OccupationTeacher

Takna Jigme Sangpo (1926 – 17 October 2020)[1] was the longest-serving political prisoner of Tibetan ethnicity. He spent 37 years in a prison near Lhasa.[2]

He was first imprisoned in 1965,[3] he was released from prison on a medical parole on 31 March 2002 having reached the age of 76.[4][5] He resided in the Drapchi Prison.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ""We lost a true patriot of Tibet": CTA mourns demise of Takna Jigme Sangpo, Tibet's longest-serving political prisoner". Tibet.net. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Takna Jigme Sangpo addresses the media in Dharamshala," The Office of Tibet Archived 2005-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ ""Interview of Takna Jigme Sangpo", on Human Rights Tribune". Archived from the original on 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  4. ↑ Longest serving Tibetan political prisoner Jigme Sangpo released (TIN)
  5. ↑ "News" International Campaign for Tibet Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine