Tsongon Tsering
Detentions- Status
- Detained
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- October 2024
- Description of event
Tsongon Tsering, a 29-year-old Tibetan was detained last week of October after he posted a video registering a complaint about large-scale sand and gravel mining along the river in Tsaruma village, which is the source of Asia’s two largest rivers, the Yangtze and the Yellow River.
On 14 October, Tsering posted a five-minute video openly filing a “real-name complaint” to draw attention to the mining operations conducted by Anhui Xianhe Construction Engineering Company, allegedly under the guise of road construction work.
- Type of length of sentence
- Unknown
- Type of place of detention
- Prison
- Consequences of detention
Tsering was initially called to the county office along with his family members and villagers after his video went viral. He was permitted to return home briefly before being summoned again and subsequently detained. Sources indicate he is now being held in Kyungchu County prison.
- Charges
- Activities challenging Beijing's rule
- Sharing information with outsiders
- Type of violation
- Freedom of choice
- Freedom of environmental protection
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of opinion
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of thought
- Torture
- Unknown
- Relation detention-release
- Unknown
- Comments
Tsering and several other Tibetans involved in repeated petitions and appeals were called to the Tsaruma village office and county government offices for “purported” discussions, but there has been no resolution to the mining issue in the area.
- Created on
- Nov 5, 2024
- Updated on
- Nov 5, 2024
- Person
- Sex_detention
- Male
- Age_detention
- 29
- Origin_detention
- Kakhog
- Deceased_detention
- No
- Image_detention
- Loading
- Origin comments_detention
- Tsaruma village in Kakhog (Ch: Hongyuan) County, Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Prefecture, Sichuan Province.
- Comments_detention
Tsongon Tsering, a 29-year-old Tibetan was detained last week of October after he posted a video registering a complaint about large-scale sand and gravel mining along the river in Tsaruma village, which is the source of Asia’s two largest rivers, the Yangtze and the Yellow River.
On 14 October, Tsering posted a five-minute video openly filing a “real-name complaint” to draw attention to the mining operations conducted by Anhui Xianhe Construction Engineering Company, allegedly under the guise of road construction work.
Tsering was initially called to the county office along with his family members and villagers after his video went viral. He was permitted to return home briefly before being summoned again and subsequently detained. Sources indicate he is now being held in Kyungchu County prison.
- Created on_detention
- Nov 5, 2024
- Updated on_detention
- Nov 5, 2024