Additional Name(s): ཚེ་གཟུངས་སྐྱབས་, 才松加

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December//2012

Date of Sentencing: February/28/2013

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions

Nature of Charges: Murder & Attempted Murder

Tsezung Kyab

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Tsezung Kyab was imprisoned in relation to religious freedom protests.

In December 2012, public security officials detained several Tibetans, including Kyab, in relation to a fatal self-immolation the month before.

On February 28, 2013, the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAP) Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Kyab to 10 years in prison for “intentional homicide” (Art. 232 CCL). Authorities reportedly accused Kyab of "inciting" an individual to self-immolate.

Kyab's sentence should have ended in December 2022.

Related Cases: Lhamo Dorje, Kalsang Sonam

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Additional Name(s): 嘎玛(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: February//2018

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Religious Belief Resisting State Interference into Religious Affairs

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Karma

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Namse is detained for activities in support of religious sites.

In February 2018, public security officials in Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained Karma, the head of Markor village in Biru, reportedly for refusing to approve a mining project on Sebtra Zagyen, a religiously significant mountain.

Related Cases: Tsultrim Gonpo, Rinchen Namdrol, Namse, Sogru Abu, Dongye, Jangchub Ngodrub, Khyenrab

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Additional Name(s): Namsey, རྣམ་སྲས, 南色(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Date of Detainment: April/2/2018

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Namse

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Namse is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.

On April 2, 2018, public security officials in Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained 30 Tibetans from the Markor, Wathang, and Gochu villages in Xiaqu (Shagchu) township, Biru, including Namse, reportedly for opposing a mining project on Sebtra Zagyen, a religiously significant mountain.

In July 2023, a UN Special Rapporteur Communication sent to Chinese authorities indicated that Namse had reportedly been found guilty of "engaging in separatist activity." The letter said the length of the sentence and the exact charges were not known.

Related Cases: Karma, Tsultrim Gonpo, Rinchen Namdrol, Sogru Abu, Dongye, Jangchub Ngodrub, Khyenrab

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