Additional Name(s): འཕགས་པ་, 帕巴(音), 普化
Gender: Female
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//2012
Date of Sentencing: February/8/2013
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations
Nature of Charges: Murder & Attempted Murder Separatism
Phagpa
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Phagpa is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In November 2012, security officials detained Phagpa, reportedly for having conversations in favor of self-immolation protests. Phagpa also reportedly possessed pro-independence material, sent information about self-immolations outside of China, provided money to self-immolators' families, and organized protests at government offices.
On February 8, 2013, the Huangnan Intermediate People’s Court sentenced him to 13 years in prison on either for "attempted" or "intentional" homicide (Art. 232 CCL) and "inciting others to split the state" (Art. 103 (2) CCL).
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"Phagpa" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Sangay Gyatso, Sangye Gyatso, སངས་རྒྱས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 桑杰嘉措(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: December/10/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Sanggye Gyatso
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Sanggye Gyatso is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On December 10, 2018, public security officials in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba (Ngaba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Gyatso, a teenage monk at Ngaba's Kirti Monastery, reportedly for participating in a solo protest calling for "freedom for Tibetans." Authorities reportedly beat him before arresting him.
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"Sanggye Gyatso" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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
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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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"Sonam Yonten" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)