Additional Name(s): Lobsang Trinle, འཕྲིན་ལས་
Gender: Male
Current Location: Mianyang Prison, Fucheng, Mianyang, Sichuan
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 5 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: July/1/2021
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Distributing Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Lobsang Trinle is imprisoned for adherence to a religious figure.
On July 1, 2021, police in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Trinle, a monk, reportedly for sharing the Dalai Lama's teachings and writings on the Dalai Lama with other Tibetans.
In September 2021, Trinle's family had received word that he had been sentenced to five years in prison.