Tsundue
- Name in Tibetan
- བརྩོན་འགྲུས།
- Origin (Tibetan)
- རྨ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
- Date modified
- Nov 26, 2024
Tsongon Tsering
- 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
- Date modified
- Nov 13, 2024
Palden
- Length of sentence
- 3 years
- Detention centre/prison (Detention template)
- Amdo PSB Detention Centre
- Consequences of detention
Palden was held in an undisclosed location for an extended period before getting sentenced on unknown charges.
Palden was denied fundamental rights, including access to due legal process.
Tibetan singer Palden was secretly released last month, before the completion of his three-year prison sentence. Palden was released on 25 September but remains under close police surveillance. He has been warned of potential rearrest if he performs any further songs containing politically sensitive messages or connotations. There is currently no clear information regarding his health condition.
- Person
- Date modified
- Oct 10, 2024
Lobsang Thapkhey
- Length of sentence
- 3 years
- Consequences of detention
Lobsang Thapkhey was arrested in June 2023 and has been missing since has recently been sentenced to three years. He is imprisoned at Deyang(德阳) Prison in Huang Xu Town in Deyang City, Sichuan Province.
In August, Lobsang Thapkhey’s family received a brief notice informing them that he had been sentenced to three years in prison. However, no details regarding his location and whereabouts were provided, and his family was warned against disclosing the verdict publicly.
- Person
- Date modified
- Sep 24, 2024
Dawa Tsomo
- Name in Tibetan
- ཟླ་བ་མཚོ་མོ།
- Origin (Tibetan)
- རྫ་སྟོད་རྫོང་།
- Date modified
- Sep 12, 2024
Tenzin Dorje
- 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
- Date modified
- Aug 28, 2024
Tsering Tso
- Length of sentence
- 10 days
- Detention centre/prison (Detention template)
- Yushu Detention Centre
- Consequences of detention
- Person
- Date modified
- Aug 7, 2024
Tsering Tso
- Image
- Name in Tibetan
- ཚེ་རིང་མཚོ།
- Origin (Tibetan)
- མཚོ་ལྷོ།
- Date modified
- Aug 7, 2024
Namkyi
- Length of sentence
- 3 years
- Related Person
- Tenzin Dolma
- Detention centre/prison (Detention template)
- Ngaba County Detention Centre
- Consequences of detention
On 23 November 2016, following over a year and a month of detention, a court in Trochu County held a trial for them. It was the first time they saw each other since their arrest. No family members were present, but two government-appointed lawyers, one Chinese and one Tibetan. They were falsely accused of separatist activities and supporting the Dalai Lama’s group and sentenced to three years each, despite being minors at 16 years old.
After the trial, they were taken to ethnic minority prisons in Sichuan and then to Chengdu city’s largest women’s prison. For the initial three months, they underwent military training and patriotic education and learned about the Chinese constitution.
- Person
- Date modified
- May 2, 2024
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- Length of sentence
- 4 Years
- Detention centre/prison (Detention template)
- Mianyang Prison
- Person
- Date modified
- Apr 29, 2024
Tenzin Dolma
- Length of sentence
- 3 years
- Detention centre/prison (Detention template)
- Ngaba County Detention Centre
- Consequences of detention
On 23 November 2016, following over a year and a month of detention, a court in Trochu County held a trial for them. It was the first time they saw each other since their arrest. No family members were present, but two government-appointed lawyers, one Chinese and one Tibetan. They were falsely accused of separatist activities and supporting the Dalai Lama’s group and sentenced to three years each, despite being minors at 16 years old.
After the trial, they were taken to ethnic minority prisons in Sichuan and then to Chengdu city’s largest women’s prison. For the initial three months, they underwent military training and patriotic education and learned about the Chinese constitution.
- Person
- Date modified
- Apr 24, 2024