Adhe Tapontsang

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Adhe Tapontsang (1932 – 3 August 2020) was a Tibetan resistance fighter of the Chushi Gangdruk.[1] She spent 27 years in the Laogai before taking refuge in India. Tapontsang was born in Ghortsa, Xinlong County, Tibet.

In 1958, Tapontsang was arrested and separated from her two children. She was subject to interrogation and internment in the Laogai for 27 years, eleven of them as a "free laborer".[2] She was released in 1985.

Tapontsang died on 3 August 2020 in Dharamshala, India at the age of 92.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Former Political Prisoner Ama Adhe passes away at 88". Phayul. 3 August 2020.
  2. Bianco, Lucien (2014). La récidive. Révolution russe, révolution chinoise (in French). France: Gallimard. ISBN 978-2070146987.
  3. "Ama Adhe, survived to tell 27 years of Chinese torture, passes away at 92". Tibet Sun. 3 August 2020.