Additional Name(s): 嘎玛(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Unspecified
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: February//2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Religious Belief Resisting State Interference into Religious Affairs
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Namse is detained for activities in support of religious sites.
In February 2018, public security officials in Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained Karma, the head of Markor village in Biru, reportedly for refusing to approve a mining project on Sebtra Zagyen, a religiously significant mountain.
Related Cases: Tsultrim Gonpo, Rinchen Namdrol, Namse, Sogru Abu, Dongye, Jangchub Ngodrub, Khyenrab
"Karma" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Village Leader Among 31 Tibetans Detained For Opposing Mining At Sacred Mountain" Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD)
"Tibetan Man Detained After Villagers Protest Chinese Mine Plans" Radio Free Asia (RFA)