Additional Name(s): བསོད་ནམས་ཡོན་ཏན་, 索南云丹
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: September/30/2019
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Possession of Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Sonam Yonten is detained for adherence to a religious figure.
On September 30, 2019, public security officials in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Yonten, a monk from Bumnying monastery, located in Bumnying (Mengyi) town, Sershul, reportedly for possessing an image of the Dalai Lama.
"Sonam Yonten" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)