Additional Name(s): Kunchok Dakpa, དཀོན་མཆོག་གྲགས་པ་, 贡却扎巴
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Date of Detainment: October/29/2023
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Travel Abroad
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Konchog Dragpa
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Konchog Dragpa is detained in relation to his religious activity.
On or around October 29, 2023, authorities in Thewo (Diebu) county, Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province, detained Dragpa, a monk at Thewo’s Tashi Monastery, reportedly for communicating with someone outside of Tibet. Dragpa had previously studied and worked at Kirti Monastery in India and upon his return to Thewo in 2012 worked at Tashi Monastery as a teacher.
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"Konchog Dragpa" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Semkyi Dolma, སེམས་སྐྱིད་སྒྲོལ་མ་, 森吉卓玛
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Sentence: 1 Year, 6 Months' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: October//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Discussing Religion & Religious Texts Online Activity Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Leaking State Secrets
Semkyi Drolma
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Semkyi Drolma is imprisoned for her religious activity.
In October 2023, police in Damshung (Dangxiong) county, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained Drolma for participating in WeChat discussion groups about Buddhism.
In December 2023, Drolma’s family learned that a court had sentenced her to one year and six months in prison for allegedly "leaking state secrets" to someone outside the country.
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"Semkyi Drolma" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Wangchuk Tso, དབང་ཕྱུག་མཚོ་, 旺秀措
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Date of Detainment: October/26/2023
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Online Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Wangchug Tso
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Wangchug Tso is detained for her adherence to a religious figure.
On October 26, 2023, authorities in Dola (Qilian) county, Tsojang (Haibei) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, detained Tso, accusing her of sharing an image of the Dalai Lama on social media and sharing information with Tibetans living outside of China.
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"Wangchug Tso" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)