Additional Name(s): མཁས་གྲུབ་རྒྱས་མཚོ་, 克珠加措(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 11 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: February//2012

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Khedrub Gyatso

Extra Bio Info:

Khedrub Gyatso was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.

In February 2012, public security officials in Haixi (Tsonub) Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, detained several individuals, including Gyatso, a monk at Bongtag Monastery, reportedly in relation to a self-immolation that occurred on February 17, 2012. 

On an unspecified date, Gyatso was reportedly sentenced to 11 years in prison for "instigating" the self-immolation.

Gyatso's sentence should have ended in February 2023.

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