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 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.
"Semkyi Drolma" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)