Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Burma

Ethnic Group: Chin

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 23 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: September//2021

Date of Sentencing: December/7/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role

Nature of Charges: Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials Terrorism

Thian Lian Sang

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Thian Lian Sang is imprisoned for his religious leadership role.

In September 2021, authorities reportedly arrested Sang, a Chin Baptist pastor, amid a wave of detentions by the Burmese Army of faith leaders from minority ethnic and religious communities.

On December 7, 2022, Thian Lian Sang was sentenced to three years in prison for "publishing or circulating any statement, rumor, or report with  intent to cause...any officer, soldier...to mutiny or otherwise disregard or fail in his duty" (Sec. 505(a) BPC) and 20 years for terrorism (Sec. 49(a) Counter-Terrorism Law).

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