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Zhuzha (Drugdra) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive preserves the documented media and monitoring-organization records for Zhuzha (Drugdra, 珠扎), a Tibetan monk of Kirti Monastery serving a 14-year sentence in connection with organizing local observances of the Dalai Lama's 80th birthday.
Case chronology
- 2008 — Detained after taking part in peaceful petition activities by local Tibetans in Aba county; sentenced by the Aba county court to 1 year 4 months. Released on completion of term.
- November 30, 2016 — Seized by Aba county police from his monastic quarters at Kirti Monastery; lost contact with the outside world.
- December 2016 — According to prisoner-monitoring organizations, the Aba county procuratorate accused him of organizing Aba residents to hold activities marking the Dalai Lama's 80th birthday.
- December 6, 2016 — The Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People's Court sentenced him to 14 years' imprisonment, term ending November 29, 2030. His reported request to hire a defense lawyer was refused.
Media and monitoring records
- Chinese Political Prisoner Concern (CPP Committee) — “珠扎（CPPC編號：00598）”, October 2017. Full case record covering both detentions, the reported accusation, the 14-year sentence, denial of counsel, and unknown prison location. URL: https://cppc1989.blogspot.com/2017/10/cppc00598.html — verified (opened and read).
- Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Prisoners of Conscience database — Record “珠扎 / Drugdra”, entered December 18, 2019. Canonical database entry: born 1966, Kirti monk, Tibetan human rights defender; detention November 30, 2016; 14-year sentence to November 29, 2030; prison unknown. URL: https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/searchpage (record retrieved via database query) — verified (record parsed directly).
- Radio Free Asia (Mandarin) — December 7, 2016 report on the sentencing, cited as a source by both records above. URL: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-12072016110632.html — flagged for publisher click-verification; not directly readable in the preparation environment.
- Name note: media image captions on the CPP record use the transposed form 扎珠 (“扎珠等10藏人”); CHRD's Latin field renders the name Drugdra. These refer to the same person. A database search for 珠扎 also returns 楞珠扎巴 (Lengdrup Draba), a singer from Biru county serving a 6-year sentence in a different case — a different person, recorded here to prevent confusion.
Evidentiary limitations
- No PRC court document, procuratorate release, or state-media report has been located for this case; all charge and sentencing details come from monitoring-organization records and are presented as reported.
- The most recent custody confirmation is from 2019; with the sentence term ending in 2030 he is documented as currently detained, but no later independent confirmation exists.
- Current prison location and family situation are undocumented.