Additional Name(s): Gendun Lhundrup, དགེ་འདུན་ལྷུན་གྲུབ་, 更登冷智, 根敦楞珠
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: December/2/2020
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Criticizing Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Gedun Lhundrub
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Gedun Lhundrub is detained in relation to criticism of religious freedom conditions.
On December 2, 2020, police in Rebgong (Tongren) county, Malho (Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, detained Lhundrub, a writer and monk, at Rebgong’s Rongwo Monastery, reportedly while he was on his way to attend a religious debate in Rebgong. Authorities targeted Lhundrub reportedly after he questioned Chinese policies regarding the sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism at a Rebgong-area workshop.
In May 2022, it was reported that Lhundrub was being held at a detention facility in Xining municipality, Qinghai. Officials had reportedly prohibited his family from visiting him and were forcing him to translate Tibetan Buddhist texts into Mandarin.
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- "Gedun Lhundrub" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): གང་རྒྱས་, 岗益(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: May/18/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Possession of Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Ganggye
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Ganggye is detained for adherence to a religious figure.
On May 18, 2018, public security officials in Trido (Chiduo) town, Suo (Sog) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained Ganggye after finding books and audio recordings of the Dalai Lama.
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"Ganggye" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): 贡觉平措(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: May/17/1995
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Disappeared
Reason for Persecution: Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role
Nature of Charges: Not Applicable
Konchog Phuntsog
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Konchog Phuntsog was forcibly disappeared for his son's religious leadership role.
On May 17, 1995, authorities abducted Phuntsog, his then six-year old son Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, and the rest of their family. The abduction came after the Dalai Lama chose Gedhun to be the 11th Panchen Lama, the second highest position in Tibetan Buddhism, on May 14, 1995.
On July 17, 2007, authorities said that Gedhun is a “perfectly ordinary Tibetan boy,” attending school and leading a normal life, and that he “does not wish to be disturbed.” Authorities said that the state employs both of his parents and that his brothers and sisters are either working or at university.
Related Cases: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Dechen Choedron
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"Konchog Phuntsog" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)