Additional Name(s): Tashi Dorjee, བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྡོ་རྗེ་, 扎西多吉
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: January/1/2022
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tashi Dorje is detained for documenting religious freedom violations.
On January 1, 2022, police in Draggo (Luhuo) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained several Tibetans, including Tashi Dorje, a monk, after accusing them of sharing information about government demolitions of Buddhist statues and prayer wheels near Draggo Monastery in December 2021.