Additional Name(s): ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་མགོན་པོ, 次臣贡宝(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Date of Detainment: April/2/2018

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

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

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Tsultrim Gonpo

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Tsultrim Gonpo 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 Gonpo, a monk, 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 Gonpo 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.

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Additional Name(s): ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་སྐལ་བཟང་, 楚臣格桑(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Health Concerns: Liver disease

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: September/1/2012

Date of Sentencing: July/12/2013

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Possession of Religious Materials Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Tsultrim Kalsang

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Tsultrim Kalsang was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On September 1, 2012, authorities raided Zilkar Monastery, near Zhaduo (Dzatoe) township, Chenduo (Tridu) county, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, and detained four monks, including Kalsang. The three of the monks were reportedly suspected of providing information about a double self-immolation in Zhaduo to foreign media outlets. One monk is believed to have been in possession of images of the Dalai Lama.

On July 12, 2013, the Xining Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Kalsang to 10 years in prison on unspecified charges.

Kalsang's health has deteriorated while imprisoned, and he has reportedly been denied adequate medical care. He suffers from liver disease.

Kalsang's sentence should have ended.

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Additional Name(s): Tsultrim Nyendak, ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་སྙན་གྲགས་, 楚臣年扎(音)

Gender: Male

Current Location: Qushui Prison, Chushur

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: Yes

Reports of Medical Neglect: Yes

Sentence: 9 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December//2013

Date of Sentencing: July//2014

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Pilgrimage Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Tsultrim Nyandrag

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Tsultrim Nyandrag was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

In December 2013, public security officials in Lhasa city, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained Nyandrag, a monk from Rabten Monastery, while he was in Lhasa on pilgrimage. His detention possibly in connection with a series of protests in Biru, where his monastery is located.

In July 2014, Nyandrag was reportedly sentenced to nine years in prison on unspecified charges.

Nyandrag has reportedly been denied adequate medical care and tortured while imprisoned.

Nyandrag's sentence should have ended in December 2022.

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