Adhe Tapontsang
Adhe Tapontsang (1932 - 3 August 2020) was a Tibetan resistance fighter of the Chushi Gangdruk. 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". She was released in 1985.
Tapontsang died on 3 August 2020 in Dharamshala, India at the age of 92.
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1932 births
2020 deaths
Tibetan rights activists