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

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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.

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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

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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)

Additional Name(s): ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་, 次成

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 2 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Sentencing: April//2023

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Separatism

Tsultrim

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Tsultrim is imprisoned for his adherence to a religious figure.

In February/March 2023, authorities in Marthang county, Ngaba (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (T&QAP), Sichuan province, detained Tsultrim, a Tibetan businessman, reportedly after finding an image of the Dalai Lama on his phone.

In April 2023, the Aba T&QAP Intermediate People's Court sentenced Tsultrim to two years in prison for "contact[ing] separatists outside" Tibet, a reference to the Dalai Lama.

Sources:
  • "Tsultrim" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)