Additional Name(s): ཚངས་དབྱངས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 仓央加措(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 12 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: March/17/2014
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tsangyang Gyatso is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On March 17, 2014, public security officials in the Nagchu (Naqu) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) detained Tsewang and several other monks of Drilda Monastery reportedly for their alleged involvement in activities opposing Chinese rule in Tibet.
On an unspecified date, Tsewang was sentenced to 12 years in prison on unspecified charges.
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"Tsangyang Gyatso" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Tibetan Monk is Handed 10-Year Term on Unknown Charges" Radio Free Asia (RFA)
"Tibetan Protest Monk Gets 12 Years, Confined in 'Torture Jail'" Radio Free Asia (RFA)