Additional Name(s): Thardo Gyaltsen, ཐར་འདོད་རྒྱལ་མཚན་, 塔堆坚赞(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 18 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December//2013

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Possession of Religious Materials

Nature of Charges: Separatism

Thardoe Gyaltsen

Extra Bio Info:

Thardoe Gyaltsen is imprison for adherence to a religious figure.

In December 2013, security officials detained Gyaltsen, a monk from Drongna Monastery, located in Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), reportedly for possessing images of the Dalai Lama and recordings of his speeches and teachings. Gyaltsen was reportedly charged with "inciting splittism." 

On an unspecified date, Gyaltsen was reportedly sentenced to 18 years in prison.

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