Lobsang Samten
Tsering Tashi
Rigtse
Tsongon Tsering
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- October 2024
- 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.
- Person
Sabuchey
HRD/biographic_details/10082
Tenzin Dorje
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- May 2023
- Length of sentence
- unknown
- Consequences of detention
In May 2023, he was arbitrarily detained for allegedly disseminating teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to local residents. Gedun Tenzin Dorje was skilled in reading and often provides explanations, including those of His Holiness's texts to local residents.
Although he was detained and subsequently released, he was prohibited from continuing his religious explanations. On 25 May 2023, due to heavy surveillance and restrictions by the Chinese authority, he tragically took his own life at home.
- Person
HRD/biographic_details/8791
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- Latest Detention in 2021 (Date unknown)
- Person
Pema Rinchen
wangchen
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- June 2023
- Length of sentence
- unknown
- Detention centre/prison (Detention template)
- Lhasa Secret Police Office
- Consequences of detention
In June 2023, former political prisoner Mr. Wangchen was detained by the Lhasa Police and subjected to torture, resulting in severe injuries to his intestines. He was scheduled to be sent to his hometown, Sershul County (Ch: Shiqu), in the Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, by plane. However, airline managers refused to take him due to his health condition, prompting an urgent transfer to the military hospital near Sarah Monastery.
- Person
Lundup
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- June 2020
- Length of sentence
- 3 and half years
- Detention centre/prison (Detention template)
- Deyang Prison
- Consequences of detention
Ludup spent the years 2008 to 2020 hiding from the police, who resorted to publishing a public notice calling on the people of Meruma township in Ngaba County to inform them about Ludup and a few other Kirti monks. The notice described them as having participated in an “illegal protest movement.”
Following his arrest and trial, he served his sentence in Deyang (德阳) Prison, located in Huang Xu Town in Deyang City, Sichuan Province.
- Person
Zangkar Jamyang
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- June 04,2020
- Length of sentence
- 4 years
- Location of arrest
- 32° 47′ 33″ N, 102° 32′ 34″ E
- Detention centre/prison (Detention template)
- Mianyang Prison
- Consequences of detention
Zangkar Jamyang a Tibetan writer had been taken away and disappeared by China nearly three years ago from Khyungchu County in Ngaba Prefecture, Sichuan Province. He has recently been found serving a four-year jail sentence.
- Person
HRD/biographic_details/9522
Tsultrim
Lobsang Sangye
Tenzin Khenrab
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- 2023
- Length of sentence
- 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.
- Person
Kunchok Dakpa
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- 29/October/2023
- Length of sentence
- 2 months
- Consequences of detention
According to a reliable source, nearly ten days have passed since Kunchok Dakpa's arrest. His relatives have attempted to meet him but have been denied access. Kunchok is described as a simple religious monk who is not known to break Chinese government laws. It is mentioned that he purchased ritual objects from Nepal a few years ago, which is not believed to violate the law. Those who know him insist that he is not a lawbreaker.
- Person
Tsering Tso
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- 29 June 2024
- Length of sentence
- 10 days
- Detention centre/prison (Detention template)
- Yushu Detention Centre
- Consequences of detention
- Person
Rinchen Tsultrim
- Date of Detention (mm/yyyy)
- 26/07/2019
- Length of sentence
- Four years and six months
- Person