Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Disappeared
Samten Gyatso is disappeared for his religious belief and activity. In early 2025, authorities detained Gyatso, a monk at Chukha-Ma Monastery in Amdo. Authorities held him incommunicado and refused to disclose his status or whereabouts to his family or monastery. Previously, in 2017, authorities arrested Gyatso for making a tribute to the Dalai Lama, raided his monastic quarters, and confiscated his religious literature.