Additional Name(s): Go Sherab Gyatso, ཤེས་རབ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 喜绕加措(音)

Gender: Male

Current Location: Lhasa

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Health Concerns: Chronic lung condition

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: Yes

Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: October/26/2020

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Criticizing Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role

Nature of Charges: Separatism

Go Sherab Gyatso

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Go Sherab Gyatso is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On October 26, 2020, authorities arrested Sherab Gyatso - a Tibetan monk, religious philosopher, and advocate of a more liberal approach to religious education and belief in Tibet - in Chengdu Municipality, Sichuan Province, after accusing him of "inciting separatism."

In December 2021, it was reported that the Lhasa Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced Sherab Gyatso to ten years in prison.

Sherab Gyatso reportedly suffers from a chronic lung condition and was in Chengdu to receive medical treatment at the time of his detention. Current reporting indicates that he is in poor health and that he is not receiving adequate medical care while in prison.

Sherab Gyatso has previously spent time in prison for his religious freedom advocacy. He reportedly detained in 1998 and 2008 and subsequently served time in prison for adhering to the Dalai Lama's religious authority and criticizing government controls in monastic education and literature.

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