Konchog Dragpa

Additional Name(s): Kunchok Dakpa, དཀོན་མཆོག་གྲགས་པ་, 贡却扎巴

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Date of Detainment: October/29/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Travel Abroad

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Konchog Dragpa

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Konchog Dragpa is detained in relation to his religious activity.

On or around October 29, 2023, authorities in Thewo (Diebu) county, Kanlho (Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province, detained Dragpa, a monk at Thewo’s Tashi Monastery, reportedly for communicating with someone outside of Tibet. Dragpa had previously studied and worked at Kirti Monastery in India and upon his return to Thewo in 2012 worked at Tashi Monastery as a teacher.

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