Rinchen Namdrol
Additional Name(s): Rinchen Namdol, རིན་ཆེན་རྣམ་གྲོལ, 仁钦南召(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Date of Detainment: April/2/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Rinchen Namdrol
Extra Bio Info:
Rinchen Namdrol is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.
On April 2, 2018, public security officials in Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained 30 Tibetans from the Markor, Wathang, and Gochu villages in Xiaqu (Shagchu) township, Biru, including Namdrol, a monk, reportedly for opposing a mining project on Sebtra Zagyen, a religiously significant mountain.
In July 2023, a UN Special Rapporteur Communication sent to Chinese authorities indicated that Namdrol had reportedly been found guilty of "engaging in separatist activity." The letter said the length of the sentence and the exact charges were not known.
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Sources:
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"China: UN experts seek clarification about nine imprisoned Tibetan human rights defenders" UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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"China: ongoing imprisonment of nine Tibetan HRDs on account of their environmental protection work (joint communication)" UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
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"Rinchen Namdrol" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Village Leader Among 31 Tibetans Detained For Opposing Mining At Sacred Mountain" Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD)
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"Tibetan Man Detained After Villagers Protest Chinese Mine Plans" Radio Free Asia (RFA)