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

Extra Bio Info:

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.”

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