Additional Name(s): ཚངས་དབྱངས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 仓央加措(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: March/17/2014
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tsangyang Gyatso
Extra Bio Info:
Tsangyang Gyatso is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On March 17, 2014, public security officials in the Nagchu (Naqu) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) detained Tsewang and several other monks of Drilda Monastery reportedly for their alleged involvement in activities opposing Chinese rule in Tibet.
On an unspecified date, Tsewang was sentenced to 12 years in prison on unspecified charges.
Related Cases: Tsewang
Publicly Available Information:
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"Tsangyang Gyatso" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Tibetan Monk is Handed 10-Year Term on Unknown Charges" Radio Free Asia (RFA)
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"Tibetan Protest Monk Gets 12 Years, Confined in 'Torture Jail'" Radio Free Asia (RFA)
Additional Name(s): ཚེ་དབང་, 次旺(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: March/17/2014
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tsewang
Extra Bio Info:
Tsewang is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On March 17, 2014, public security officials in the Nagchu (Naqu) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) detained Tsewang and several other monks of Drilda Monastery reportedly for their alleged involvement in activities opposing Chinese rule in Tibet.
On an unspecified date, Tsewang was sentenced to 10 years in prison on unspecified charges.
Related Cases: Tsangyang Gyatso
Publicly Available Information:
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"Tsewang" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Tibetan Monk is Handed 10-Year Term on Unknown Charges" Radio Free Asia (RFA)
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"Tibetan Protest Monk Gets 12 Years, Confined in 'Torture Jail'" Radio Free Asia (RFA)
Additional Name(s): སྐལ་བཟང་བསོད་ནམས་, 尕藏索南, 格桑索郎(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 11 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: December//2012
Date of Sentencing: February/28/2013
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Murder & Attempted Murder
Kalsang Sonam
Extra Bio Info:
Kalsang Sonam was imprisoned in relation to religious freedom protests.
In December 2012, public security officials detained several Tibetans, including Sonam, in relation to a fatal self-immolation the month before.
On February 28, 2013, the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAP) Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Sonam to 11 years in prison for “intentional homicide” (Art. 232 CCL). Authorities reportedly accused Dorje of "inciting" an individual to self-immolate.
Sonam's sentence should have ended in December 2023.
Related Cases: Tsezung Kyab, Lhamo Dorje
Publicly Available Information:
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"Kalsang Sonam" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Three Tibetans sentenced to long jail terms over self-immolation" Tibet Post International