Additional Name(s): Semkyi Dolma, སེམས་སྐྱིད་སྒྲོལ་མ་, 森吉卓玛

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Sentence: 1 Year, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: October//2023

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Discussing Religion & Religious Texts Online Activity Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Leaking State Secrets

Semkyi Drolma

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Semkyi Drolma is imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In October 2023, police in Damshung (Dangxiong) county, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained Drolma for participating in WeChat discussion groups about Buddhism. 

In December 2023, Drolma’s family learned that a court had sentenced her to one year and six months in prison for allegedly "leaking state secrets" to someone outside the country.

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