Additional Name(s): Lobsang Sangye, བློ་བཟང་སངས་རྒྱས་, 洛桑桑杰(音)

Gender: Male

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: August//2017

Date of Sentencing: March/28/2018

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Lobsang Sanggye

Extra Bio Info:

Lobsang Sanggye was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.

In August 2017, authorities in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province detained Sanggye, a monk at Aba's Kirti Monastery, reportedly in relation to a self-immolation and for taking part in "political activities." Sanggye was reportedly unable to contact his relatives while detained.

On March 28, 2018, a court in Ma'erkang (Barkham) county, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, sentenced Sanggye to five years in prison on unspecified charges.

Lobsang's sentence should have ended in August 2022.

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