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

Extra Bio Info:

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.

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