Tenzin Khenrab
Detentions- Status
- Detained
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- 2023
- Length of sentence
- unknown
- Description of event
In 2023, a Tibetan monk Tenzin Khenrab, 29, well known by his pen name, Dhong Rangchak was forcefully arrested by Chinese authorities for possessing a photo of Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on his phone and several e-books of the revered Buddhist Lama. He continues to be held incommunicado since his arrest last year and his whereabouts and health status remain unknown.
- Type of length of sentence
- Unknown
- Type of place of detention
- Unknown
- Consequences of detention
Chinese authorities have reportedly blocked access to his social media accounts. His only family member, a 53-year-old mother, Phude, has seen her health decline due to the lack of access to information about her son.
The e-books he possessed include materials published by Tibetan exiles, including those from monasteries, strictly prohibited by the Chinese authorities in Tibet.
- Charges
- Possession of the Dalai Lama photo
- Type of violation
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of opinion
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Freedom of thought
- Torture
- Unknown
- Relation detention-release
- Unknown
- Description of torture
Phudé had gone for over a year without any information about her 29-year-old son, Tenzin Khenrab, following his arrest. Phudé's declining health is directly linked to her concern for her son, who has been held incommunicado for more than a year.
The mother of a Tibetan writer and political detainee passed away on 17 February 2024, at the age of 53 as her depression worsened.
- Comments
The stringent restrictions and surveillance measures implemented in their hometown of Nagchu (Ch: Naqu), Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, have contributed to the absence of any information about Tenzin Khenrab.
- Created on
- Mar 11, 2024
- Updated on
- Mar 11, 2024
- Person - Biographical Details label
- Sex_detention
- Male
- Age_detention
- 29
- Origin_detention
- Kardze County
- Occupation_detention
- Education
- Deceased_detention
- No
- Pinyin name_detention
- Dhong Rangchak
- Image_detention
- Name in Tibetan_detention
- བསྟན་འཛིན་མཁྱེན་རབ་
- Origin in Tibetan_detention
- དཀར་མཛེས་རྫོང་།
- Origin comments_detention
- Wuthok village in Nagchu (Ch: Naqu), Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,
- Institution_detention
- Lithang Monastery
- Comments_detention
In 2023, a Tibetan monk Tenzin Khenrab, 29, well known by his pen name, Dhong Rangchak was forcefully arrested by Chinese authorities for possessing a photo of Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on his phone and several e-books of the revered Buddhist Lama. He continues to be held incommunicado since his arrest last year and his whereabouts and health status remain unknown.
On 17 February 2024, the mother of a Tibetan writer and political detainee passed away as her depression worsened at the age of 53.
- Created on_detention
- Mar 11, 2024
- Updated on_detention
- Mar 11, 2024