Additional Name(s): 华琼; Huaqiong; Pelkyong
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Date of Detainment: July//2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Palchung
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Palchung is detained for his religious activity.
In or around July 2025, authorities in Sichuan province arrested Palchung, a Tibetan musician, along with two others after they recorded a song revering the Dalai Lama ahead of his 90th birthday and posted it online.
Additional Name(s): 辛若雨
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Date of Detainment: June//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Xin Ruoyu
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Xin Ruoyu is detained for her religious activity.
In or around July 2024, authorities detained Xin for developing an app that gives users access to Christian hymns and devotional materials.
Additional Name(s): Kunchok Choedak
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Date of Detainment: December//2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Konchog Choedrag
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Konchog Choedrag is detained for his religious activity and leadership role.
In December 2024, authorities in Sangchu county, Gansu province detained Konchog, a Tibetan monk and leader of Sangchu's Hortsang Kirti Monastery, likely in connection to his adherence to exiled Tibetan Buddhist religious leader Kirti Rinpoche. Authorities raided his monastic quarters and confiscated religious materials related to the intercoordination of monasteries in Tibet.