Additional Name(s): Namsey, རྣམ་སྲས, 南色(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Date of Detainment: April/2/2018

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Namse

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Namse is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.

On April 2, 2018, public security officials in Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained 30 Tibetans from the Markor, Wathang, and Gochu villages in Xiaqu (Shagchu) township, Biru, including Namse, reportedly for opposing a mining project on Sebtra Zagyen, a religiously significant mountain.

In July 2023, a UN Special Rapporteur Communication sent to Chinese authorities indicated that Namse had reportedly been found guilty of "engaging in separatist activity." The letter said the length of the sentence and the exact charges were not known.

Related Cases: Karma, Tsultrim Gonpo, Rinchen Namdrol, Sogru Abu, Dongye, Jangchub Ngodrub, Khyenrab

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Additional Name(s): Sogru Abhu, སོག་རུ་ཨ་བུ, 索日阿布(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Date of Detainment: April/2/2018

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Sogru Abu

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Sogru Abu is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.

On April 2, 2018, public security officials in Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained 30 Tibetans from the Markor, Wathang, and Gochu villages in Xiaqu (Shagchu) township, Biru, including Abu, a doctor, reportedly for opposing a mining project on Sebtra Zagyen, a religiously significant mountain.

In July 2023, a UN Special Rapporteur Communication sent to Chinese authorities indicated that Abu had reportedly been found guilty of "engaging in separatist activity." The letter said the length of the sentence and the exact charges were not known.

Related Cases: Karma, Tsultrim Gonpo, Rinchen Namdrol, Namse, Dongye, Jangchub Ngodrub, Khyenrab

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Additional Name(s): Dhongye, དོན་རྒྱས, 顿杰(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Date of Detainment: April/2/2018

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Dongye

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Dongye is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.

On April 2, 2018, public security officials in Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained 30 Tibetans from the Markor, Wathang, and Gochu villages in Xiaqu (Shagchu) township, Biru, including Dongye, a businessman, reportedly for opposing a mining project on Sebtra Zagyen, a religiously significant mountain.

In July 2023, a UN Special Rapporteur Communication sent to Chinese authorities indicated that Dongye had reportedly been found guilty of "engaging in separatist activity." The letter said the length of the sentence and the exact charges were not known. The letter also reported allegations that Dhongye is in extremely poor health due to mistreatment in prison.

Related Cases: Karma, Tsultrim Gonpo, Rinchen Namdrol, Namse, Sogru Abu, Jangchub Ngodrub, Khyenrab

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