Additional Name(s): Khenrab, མཁྱེན་རབ, 钦热(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: April/2/2018

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Khyenrab

Extra Bio Info:

Khyenrab is detained 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 Khyenrab, a government official, reportedly for opposing a mining project on Sebtra Zagyen, a religiously significant mountain.

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