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 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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