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

Extra Bio Info:

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.

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