Additional Name(s): Trulku Lobsang Tenzin, བློ་བཟང་བསྟན་འཛིན་, 洛桑旦增(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: June//2014
Date of Sentencing: December//2014
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Religious Belief Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Lobsang Tenzin is imprisoned for his religious belief and adherence to a religious figure.
In June 2014, public security officials in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) arrested Tenzin, a tour guide and regarded by Tibetan Buddhists as a reincarnated Buddhist teacher (trulku), reportedly for encouraging Tibetans to support the Dalai Lama's position in a religious dispute over a "deity" or "spirit" known as Shugden.
In December 2014, a court sentenced Tenzin to 10 years in prison for “misleading” locals (about Shugden) and supporting “the Dalai clique.”
"Lobsang Tenzin" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)