Yama Tashi

Additional Name(s): 亚玛扎西(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: June//2018

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

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

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Yama Tashi

Extra Bio Info:

Yama Tashi is detained for adherence to a religious figure.

In June 2018, authorities in Luhuo (Draggo) county, Ganzi (Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, arrested Tashi, a restaurant owner, for his possession of photographs of the Dalai Lama.

Sources:

  • "Yama Tashi" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)