Additional Name(s): Lorang Konchok, བློ་བཟང་དཀོན་མཆོག་, 洛桑贡觉(音), 罗让贡求

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: Life Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: August//2012

Date of Sentencing: January/31/2013

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

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

Nature of Charges: Murder & Attempted Murder

Lobsang Konchog

Extra Bio Info:

Lobsang Konchog is imprisoned for sending information about self-immolations.

In August 2012, Chinese authorities arrested Kirti Monastery monk Konchog and his nephew Lobsang Tsering after they were suspected of “passing on information to exiles in India” about Tibetans who had self-immolated. Police accused the two of “instigating” eight Tibetans to set themselves on fire that later reportedly resulted in three deaths.

On January 31, 2013, the Aba Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Konchog to death suspended for two years for “intentional homicide” in relation to the self-immolations.  According the the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), the sentence should have been commuted to life imprisonment. 

Related Cases: Lobsang Tsering

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