Trinle Tsekar

Additional Name(s): Trinley Tsekhar, འཕྲིན་ལས་ཚེ་དཀར་, 赤列次噶(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 9 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: November/20/2013

Date of Sentencing: December/19/2013

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Separatism

Trinle Tsekar

Extra Bio Info:

Trinle Tsekar was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions. 

On November 20, 2013, public security officials detained Tsekar in Biru (Driru) town, Biru county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR).  Authorities had reportedly suspected that Tsekar and others were instigating protests against mining operations at Naglha Dzamba, a mountain regarded as religiously significant. 

On December 19, 2013, the Biru County People’s Court reportedly sentenced Tsekar to nine years in imprisonment for activities intended to "split" Tibet from China.

Tsekar's sentence should have ended in November 2022.

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