Examples of using Drapchi in English and their translations into Russian
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Held at Prison No. 1(Drapchi), Unit 3.
During his detention at Drapchi prison, he is said to have been tortured and ill-treated several times.
Held at Prison No. 1(Drapchi), Unit 5.
In Drapchi prison in Lhasa, adults and juveniles are reportedly kept together because no separate juvenile section exists.
The Group visited Drapchi on 11 October 1997.
He reportedly died on 6 May 1996 while in Drapchi prison.
Originally built as a Tibetan military garrison, Drapchi was transformed into a prison after the 1959 Tibetan uprising.
He was later charged on accounts of"counterrevolutionary activities" andsubsequently served a three years term of imprisonment at Drapchi Prison in Lhasa.
They were all reportedly transferred to Drapchi prison, where they are all now detained.
In Drapchi prison in Lhasa, adults and juveniles are reportedly kept together because no separate juvenile section exists.
They have reportedly been placed in solitary confinement after the alleged suppression of prisoners' demonstrations inside Drapchi prison on 1 and 4 May 1998.
During its visit of Drapchi prison in Lhasa on 11 October 1997, an inmate in a pavilion visited by the Group shouted slogans in favour of the Dalai Lama.
Sherap Wangmo(female) was reportedly beaten severely by three named officials in April 1995 in Drapchi prison, where she was serving a three-year sentence.
During the visit of the Working Group to Drapchi prison in Lhasa on 11 October 1997, an inmate in a pavilion visited by the Group shouted slogans in favour of the Dalai Lama.
The whereabouts of two other persons are unknown since 4 May 1998, when prison andpolice officers opened fire on prisoners staging a demonstration in Drapchi Prison.
As most of the detainees at Drapchi were Tibetans, it was felt that the interpreters provided by the United Nations would not be able to translate from spoken Tibetan.
Kalsang Thutop, a monk of Deprung Monastery serving an 18-year sentence for his involvement in the 1989 Lhasa demonstrations,allegedly died in Drapchi prison on 5 July 1995.
They have reportedly continued their political activities in Drapchi prison after the May 1998 incidents, which is the reason for their continuing ill-treatment and solitary confinement.
Pasang(Pasang Dawa), a monk from Dechen Sangnak monastery in Taktse county,is believed to have died on 17 December 1997 in the public welfare hospital in Lhasa after continuous torture inflicted by Drapchi prison officials.
Konchok Tsomo, a nun from Meldro Gyama county,was reportedly detained in Drapchi prison for three years, where she was denied proper treatment for her upper right arm, which had allegedly been broken during an interrogation session.
Concerning the situation in Tibet,by the same letter the Special Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received information concerning events that allegedly took place during the first week of May 1998 at Drapchi prison.
It is said that he was then taken to Drapchi prison on 6 March 1989 to serve his sentence. On 17 May 1990 he was allegedly sentenced to a further term of nine years' imprisonment for participating in preparations for an escape.
In its annual report for 1998(E/CN.4/1999/63, paras. 2125),the Working Group described its communications with the Chinese authorities concerning an incident which occurred during its visit to Drapchi Prison, Lhasa, on 11 October 1997.
Regarding the case of Kelsang Thutop, a Tibetan monk who was alleged to have died in Drapchi prison as a result of malnutrition and inadequate medical treatment, the Government confirmed reports that he was arrested for fomenting separatism, illicit border crossing and espionage.
The letter, which never reached the High Commissioner, reportedly expressed concern about the detention of the Panchen Lama,and is said to have included references to protests by detainees at Drapchi prison in Lhasa on 1 and 4 May 1998, in which several prisoners allegedly lost their lives.
He was reportedly held in custody at Gutsa Detention Centre, sentenced in early 2000 to three years' imprisonment for"acting to split the country" or"undermining national unification" under China's Criminal Law, andis reportedly detained at Drapchi prison.
In a letter dated 25 March 1998, the Chairman of the Working Group requested clarification from the Chinese authorities. On 1 April 1998, the authorities replied that neither this inmate norany other inmate at Drapchi prison had been beaten nor suffered any reprisals as a result of the interviews conducted by the Working Group.
On 10 December 1998, the Special Rapporteur transmitted a joint urgent action together with the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women concerning the cases of two Tibetan nuns, Ngawang Sandgrol and Ngawang Choezon,detained at the Drapchi prison in Tibet.
Ngawang Yangkyi, nun at Tsamkhung monastery in Lhasa, who was allegedly arrested by the Chinese police for taking part in a demonstration during which she shouted slogans in the street.Initially detained in Drapchi prison, she was then transferred to the people's hospital in Lhasa owing to the ill-treatment she experienced during long periods of questioning in the course of her detention.
They are said to be in extremely poor physical condition, after having been subjected to harsh interrogation and ill-treatment, including several beatings by prison officials, andplaced in solitary confinement after the alleged violent suppression of prisoners' demonstrations inside Drapchi prison in May 1998.