Additional Name(s): Lorang Tsering, བློ་བཟང་ཚེ་རིང་, 洛桑次仁(音), 罗让才让
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: August//2012
Date of Sentencing: January/31/2013
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations
Nature of Charges: Murder & Attempted Murder
Lobsang Tsering was imprisoned for sending information about self-immolations.
In August 2012, Chinese authorities arrested Tsering and his uncle Kirti Monastery monk Lobsang Konchog after they were suspected of “passing on information to exiles in India” about Tibetans who had self-immolated. Police accused the two of “instigating” eight Tibetans to set themselves on fire that later reportedly resulted in three deaths.
On January 31, 2013, the Aba Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Tsering to 10 years in prison for “intentional homicide” in relation to the self-immolations.
Lobsang's sentence should have ended in August 2022.
Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA) advocates for Tsering as part of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission's Defending Freedoms Project.
Related Cases: Lobsang Konchog
"Lobsang Tsering" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Lobsang Tsering" Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
2013 Human Rights Report: China (Includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau) U.S. Department of State