Title | Date added | Template | Length of sentence | Related Person | Location of arrest | Detention centre/prison (Detention template) | Consequences of detention | Person |
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Wangkyi | Oct 25, 2024 | Detentions | ||||||
Tsering Tashi | Oct 25, 2024 | Detentions | Wangkyi | |||||
Lobsang Samten | Oct 24, 2024 | Detentions | unknown | |||||
Lobsang Trinley | Oct 25, 2024 | Detentions | ||||||
Tsongon Tsering | Nov 5, 2024 | Detentions | 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. | |||||
Palden | Dec 8, 2023 | Detentions | 3 years |
| 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. | |||
Lobsang Thapkhey | Sep 24, 2024 | Detentions | 3 years | 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. | ||||
Tenzin Dorje | Apr 18, 2024 | Detentions | unknown | 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. | ||||
Tsering Tso | Jan 3, 2024 | Detentions | 10 days |
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Namkyi | Apr 24, 2024 | Detentions | 3 years | Tenzin Dolma |
| 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. | ||
HRD/biographic_details/10082 | Nov 22, 2021 | Detentions | 8 Years | |||||
HRD/biographic_details/10078 | Nov 22, 2021 | Detentions | 7 years | |||||
HRD/biographic_details/9998 | Nov 22, 2021 | Detentions | 4 Years |
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Tenzin Dolma | Apr 24, 2024 | Detentions | 3 years |
| 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. | |||
Pema | Apr 15, 2024 | Detentions | unknown | Following Pema's arbitrary arrest, Chinese security forces have intensified their control and restrictions in Ngaba County, especially in Soruma village and Kirti Monastery. | ||||
Yangtso | Mar 14, 2023 | Detentions | 1 year | |||||
Kunchok Dakpa | Nov 15, 2023 | Detentions | 2 months | 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. | ||||
Lundup | Mar 19, 2024 | Detentions | 3 and half years |
| 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. | |||
Phuntsok | Mar 15, 2024 | Detentions | ||||||
Choegyal | Dec 9, 2021 | Detentions | ||||||
Yonten | Dec 9, 2021 | Detentions | ||||||
Tenzin Khenrab | Mar 11, 2024 | Detentions | unknown | 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. | ||||
Chugdar | Aug 29, 2023 | Detentions |
| TCHRD learned that Chugdar passed away after being subjected to severe beatings and other forms of torture during his detention as he had no record of medical conditions at the time of his arrest. Chugdar's family learned that he had passed away while in custody after two days. | ||||
Rinchen Tsultrim | Dec 10, 2021 | Detentions | Four years and six months | |||||
Semkyi Dolma | Feb 2, 2024 | Detentions | one and half years | Following the arrest of Semkyi Dolma, her family members including her brother, Mr Tsedo went to the police station several times to enquire about her whereabouts, but the authorities refused to speak with him. | ||||
HRD/biographic_details/5211 | Nov 22, 2021 | Detentions | 13 Years |
| On 11 December 2023, Kunchok Lodoe, a Tibetan activist who received a 13-year prison sentence for protesting against the Chinese government, passed away at the age of 54. His friends and fellow activists stated that he was in generally good health before his passing on December 11th. | |||
Gelo | Aug 29, 2023 | Detentions | 2 years |
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Tsedo | Aug 29, 2023 | Detentions | 2 years |
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Bhamo | Aug 29, 2023 | Detentions | 2 years |
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Kori | Aug 29, 2023 | Detentions |