Additional Name(s): Lobsang Trinle, འཕྲིན་ལས་
Gender: Male
Current Location: Mianyang Prison, Fucheng, Mianyang, Sichuan
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 5 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: July/1/2021
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Distributing Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Lobsang Trinle is imprisoned for adherence to a religious figure.
On July 1, 2021, police in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Trinle, a monk, reportedly for sharing the Dalai Lama's teachings and writings on the Dalai Lama with other Tibetans.
In September 2021, Trinle's family had received word that he had been sentenced to five years in prison.
Additional Name(s): Namsay, རྣམ་སྲས་, 朗塞(音)
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: August/12/2012
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Namse was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On August 12, 2012, public security officials detained several monks of Tsodun Monastery, including Namse, reportedly for having alleged links to two self-immolations that occurred in March 2012.
In January 2013, the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Namse to 10 years in prison on unspecified charges.
Namse's sentence should have ended in August 2022.
Additional Name(s): ཆོས་རྗེ་, 曲吉(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: September/11/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Choeje is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On September 11, 2018, public security officials in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained 5 monks from Aba’s Gomang Monastery, including Choeje, reportedly in relation to a protest against government plans to begin a residential construction project near the monastery.
"Choeje" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)