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

Extra Bio Info:

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.

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