Additional Name(s): མགོན་སྐྱབས་, 贡觉
Gender: Unspecified
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: December/18/2022
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Pilgrimage Religious Activity Travel Abroad
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Gonkyab
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Gonkyab is detained for their religious activity.
On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans, including Gonkyab, after they returned from a pilgrimage to the Sekhar Guthog monastery. They were also accused of intending to travel to India.
Related Cases: Sonam Gyatso, Dradul
Sources:
- "Gonkyab" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 索朗嘉措
Gender: Unspecified
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: December/18/2022
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Pilgrimage Religious Activity Travel Abroad
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Sonam Gyatso
Extra Bio Info:
Sonam Gyatso is detained for their religious activity.
On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans, including Sonam Gyatso, after they returned from a pilgrimage to the Sekhar Guthog monastery. They were also accused of intending to travel to India.
Sources:
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"Sonam Gyatso" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ཡི་དམ་, 益党
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//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Praying Religious Activity Unregistered Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Yidam
Extra Bio Info:
Yidam is detained for his religious activity.
In January 2023, authorities in Dangxiong (Damshung) county, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained Yidam after he and another individual-without approval from authorities-established and collected funds for a group of volunteers to make stone engravings of prayers for the victims of COVID-19.
Sources:
- "Yidam" Congressional Executive Commission for China (CECC)