Rachung Gedun

Additional Name(s): Rachung Gendun, རྭ་ཆུང་དགེ་འདུན་, 让琼格登

Gender: Male

Current Location: Mianyang Prison, Fucheng, Mianyang, Sichuan

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 3 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: April/1/2021

Date of Sentencing: July//2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Rachung Gedun

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Rachung Gedun is imprisoned for his adherence to a religious figure.

On April 1, 2021, authorities in Chengdu municipality, Sichuan province, detained Gedun, a monk from Kirti Monastery in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (T&QAP), while he was on vacation in Chengdu. 

In July 2022, a court reportedly sentenced Gedun to three years in prison for sending donations abroad to the Dalai Lama and Kirti Rinpoche, the leader of Kirti Monastery. 

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