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Appendix to TIN News Update/12 June, 1996: "13 Year Old Arrested..."

List of 26 Monks detained from Ganden monastery after a protest on 6th May 1996.

Religious name Lay name Age

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Yeshe Rabten Sangye Tseten 25 yrs

Gyatso Rinchen Lobsang Choegyal 15 yrs

Thubten Ngawang Ngawang Kelsang 23 yrs

Jampa Tsultrim Gyurme Tenzin 25 yrs

Tenzin Khedrup Tashi Dorje 44 yrs

Tenzin Norbu Yonten Gyalpo 25 yrs

Dragpa Kunsang Karil [dkar ril] 41 yrs

Ngawang Joglang Thubten Nyima 25 yrs

Lobsang Tenzin Dawa Tenzin 37 yrs

Phuntsog Dondrup Tsering Bagdro 32 yrs

Jampa Thamdoe [mthar 'dod] Gyatso 26 yrs

Lobsang Pelgye ['phel rgyal] Dondrup Kelsang 25 yrs

Lobsang Khetsun Lobsang Dawa 22 yrs

Phuntsog Rabjor Tsering Thubten 16 yrs

Khedrup Tenzin Lobsang Dawa 22 yrs

Gelek Jinpa Tenzin Dawa 14 yrs

Phuntsog Serthub Tashi Lhundrup 23 yrs

[name not known] Bu-yak 19 yrs

Phuntsog Thosam Tsering Bagdro 32 yrs

Ngawang Palden Dawa 27 yrs

[name not known] Tamdrin 22 yrs

Khedrup Gelek Jamyang Dondrup 42 yrs

Ngawang Donden Phuntsog Yonten 21 yrs

Lobsang Tenpa Lodroe 19 yrs

[name not known] Pasang 20 yrs

Ngawang Konchog Dragpa Tenzin 19 yrs

These monks are currently held at Gutsa Detention Centre, Lhasa. The names of at least 35 others arrested are not known. The monks were all arrested on 7th May or 10th May 1996. Ages are given by the Tibetan method of counting.