Additional Name(s): སྐལ་བཟང་བསོད་ནམས་, 尕藏索南, 格桑索郎(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 11 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December//2012

Date of Sentencing: February/28/2013

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions

Nature of Charges: Murder & Attempted Murder

Kalsang Sonam

Extra Bio Info:

Kalsang Sonam was imprisoned in relation to religious freedom protests.

In December 2012, public security officials detained several Tibetans, including Sonam, in relation to a fatal self-immolation the month before.

On February 28, 2013, the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAP) Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Sonam to 11 years in prison for “intentional homicide” (Art. 232 CCL). Authorities reportedly accused Dorje of "inciting" an individual to self-immolate.

Sonam's sentence should have ended in December 2023.

Related Cases: Tsezung Kyab, Lhamo Dorje

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