Additional Name(s): Semkyi Dolma, སེམས་སྐྱིད་སྒྲོལ་མ་, 森吉卓玛

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Sentence: 1 Year, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: October//2023

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Discussing Religion & Religious Texts Online Activity Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Leaking State Secrets

Semkyi Drolma

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Semkyi Drolma is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In October 2023, police in Damshung (Dangxiong) county, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained Drolma for participating in WeChat discussion groups about Buddhism. 

In December 2023, Drolma’s family learned that a court had sentenced her to one year and six months in prison for allegedly "leaking state secrets" to someone outside the country.

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Additional Name(s): Wangchuk Tso, དབང་ཕྱུག་མཚོ་, 旺秀措

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Date of Detainment: October/26/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Online Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Wangchug Tso

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Wangchug Tso is detained for her adherence to a religious figure.

On October 26, 2023, authorities in Dola (Qilian) county, Tsojang (Haibei) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, detained Tso, accusing her of sharing an image of the Dalai Lama on social media and sharing information with Tibetans living outside of China.

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Additional Name(s): Серебряков Александр Георгиевич

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Russia

Religion or Belief: Christian – Jehovah's Witness

Date of Detainment: September/19/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Extremism Illicit Financing

Aleksandr Serebryakov

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Aleksandr Serebryakov is detained for his religious activity and belief.

On September 19, 2023, authorities detained Serebryakov following searches on Jehovah's Witness homes in Moscow and the broader Moscow region. He was charged with “collecting funds…intended to finance the organization, preparation and commission of at least one of the crimes of an extremist orientation, or to ensure the activities of an extremist community or an extremist organization” (Art. 282.3-1 RCC).

Serebryakov has been previously prosecuted for his religious activities. In August 2022, the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Serebryakov to six years' suspended sentence for his Jehovah's Witness activities. 

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