Additional Name(s): བསོད་ནམས་ཡོན་ཏན་, 索南云丹
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/30/2019
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Possession of Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Sonam Yonten
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Sonam Yonten is detained for adherence to a religious figure.
On September 30, 2019, public security officials in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Yonten, a monk from Bumnying monastery, located in Bumnying (Mengyi) town, Sershul, reportedly for possessing an image of the Dalai Lama.
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"Sonam Yonten" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): བསྟན་འཛིན་ལྷུན་གྲུབ་, 旦增伦珠(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 12 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: May//2014
Date of Sentencing: May//2015
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Language Rights Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tenzin Lhundrub
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Tenzin Lhundrub is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In May 2014, authorities detained Lhundrub, a scholar and monk from Gom Gonsar Monastery in Liangqu (Lenchu) township, Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu), Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), while he was giving a talk on “the status of Tibetan language and nationality” in Xiaqu (Shagchu) township, Biru county. Lhundrub reportedly disappeared while in detention. Security officials allegedly told locals that Lhundrub had been "involved in many disturbances," including protests against mining at Naglha Dzamba, a religiously significant mountain.
In May 2015, a court reportedly sentenced Lhundrub to 12 years in prison on unspecified charges.
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"Tenzin Lhundrub" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ཐུབ་བསྟན་པདྨ་ལྷུན་གྲུབ་
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Health Concerns: Gastritis
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: May/14/2019
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Praying
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Thubten Pema Lhundrub
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Thubten Pema Lhundrub is detained for adherence to a religious figure.
On May 14, 2019, public security officials in Kangtsa (Gangcha) county, Tsojang (Haibei) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, detained Lhundrub reportedly for praying to the Dalai Lama.
Lhundrub reportedly suffers from gastritis.
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"Thubten Pema Lhundrub" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)