Additional Name(s): Tsultrim Nyendak, ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་སྙན་གྲགས་, 楚臣年扎(音)
Gender: Male
Current Location: Qushui Prison, Chushur
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: Yes
Reports of Medical Neglect: Yes
Sentence: 9 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: December//2013
Date of Sentencing: July//2014
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Pilgrimage Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tsultrim Nyandrag was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In December 2013, public security officials in Lhasa city, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained Nyandrag, a monk from Rabten Monastery, while he was in Lhasa on pilgrimage. His detention possibly in connection with a series of protests in Biru, where his monastery is located.
In July 2014, Nyandrag was reportedly sentenced to nine years in prison on unspecified charges.
Nyandrag has reportedly been denied adequate medical care and tortured while imprisoned.
Nyandrag's sentence should have ended in December 2022.
"Tsultrim Nyandrag" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)