Additional Name(s): ཚེ་རྡོ་
Gender: Unspecified
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: Yes
Sentence: 2 Years’ Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: September//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Praying Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tsedo is detained for their religious activity.
On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained five Tibetans, including Tsedo, after they had lit incense for a religious ceremony and prayed for the Dalai Lama in public. Police allegedly tortured them as well.
In July 2023, Tsedo was released under unclear circumstances.
In September 2023, authorities detained Tsedo reportedly in relation to their religious activity.
On an unspecified date, Tsedo was sentenced to two years in prison.
Additional Name(s): Ghelo, Gyelo, དགེ་ལོ་
Gender: Unspecified
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: Yes
Sentence: 2 Years’ Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: September//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Praying Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Gelo is detained for their religious activity.
On August 24, 2022, authorities in Seda (Serta) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained five Tibetans, including Gelo, after they had lit incense for a religious ceremony and prayed for the Dalai Lama in public. Police allegedly tortured them as well.
In July 2023, Gelo was released under unclear circumstances.
In September 2023, authorities detained Gelo reportedly in relation to their religious activity.
On an unspecified date, Gelo was sentenced to two years in prison.
Additional Name(s): Karma Samdup, ཀརྨ་བསམ་གྲུབ་, ཀརྨ་བསམ་འགྲུབ་, 噶玛桑珠
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: August/12/2022
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Possession of Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Separatism
Karma Samdrub is detained for his adherence to a religious figure.
On August 12, 2022, authorities in Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained Samdrub after finding him with a pendant and images of the Dalai Lama. He was criminally detained for allegedly "contacting separatists."