Additional Name(s): ཆོས་སྐྱབས་, 曲加(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 13 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: November//2013

Date of Sentencing: December/19/2013

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Separatism

Choekyab

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Choekyab is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions. 

In November 2013, public security officials detained Choekyab in Biru (Driru) town, Biru county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR).  Authorities had reportedly suspected that Choekyab and others were instigating protests against mining operations at Naglha Dzamba, a mountain regarded as religiously significant. 

On December 19, 2013, the Biru County People’s Court reportedly sentenced Choekyab to 13  years in imprisonment for activities intended to "split" Tibet from China.

Related Cases: Trinle Tsekar

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Additional Name(s): ནོར་མཚོ་

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: January/10/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Nortso

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Nortso is detained in relation to her documenting of religious freedom violations.

On January 10, 2022, police in Draggo (Luhuo) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained three pilgrims, including Nortso, on their way home from the Buddhist monastic complex at Larung Gar in Sertar (Seda) county, Kardze TAP, to Dragyab (Chaya) county, Chamdo municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region. Authorities searched their phones and found images of recent demolitions of Buddha statues at Draggo Monastery in Draggo county.

Related Cases: AsangDortra

Publicly Available Information:
  • "Nortso" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)

Additional Name(s): Dorta, Dota, ཨ་བཟང་

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: January/10/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Dortra

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Dortra is detained in relation to his documenting of religious freedom violations.

On January 10, 2022, police in Draggo (Luhuo) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained three pilgrims, including Dortra, on their way home from the Buddhist monastic complex at Larung Gar in Sertar (Seda) county, Kardze TAP, to Dragyab (Chaya) county, Chamdo municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region. Authorities searched their phones and found images of recent demolitions of Buddha statues at Draggo Monastery in Draggo county.

Related Cases: AsangNortso

Publicly Available Information:
  • "Dortra" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)