Additional Name(s): མཁས་གྲུབ་རྒྱས་མཚོ་, 克珠加措(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 11 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: February//2012
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Khedrub Gyatso was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In February 2012, public security officials in Haixi (Tsonub) Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, detained several individuals, including Gyatso, a monk at Bongtag Monastery, reportedly in relation to a self-immolation that occurred on February 17, 2012.
On an unspecified date, Gyatso was reportedly sentenced to 11 years in prison for "instigating" the self-immolation.
Gyatso's sentence should have ended in February 2023.
"Khedrub Gyatso" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ལྷ་དར་, 拉达
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: October/8/2019
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Lhadar is detained in relation to sharing information about religious freedom conditions.
On October 8, 2019, public security officials in Tarchen (Daqian) township, Seni district, Nagchu (Naqu) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained Lhadar reportedly for sending information abroad about protests against Chinese rule in TAR and Tibetan areas of China.
Lhadar was previously detained in 2013 for protesting the closure of Shag Rongpo Monastery in Driru (Biru) county, Nagchu prefecture, and other Chinese government policies in TAR.
"Lhadar" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Tibetan Man Not Heard From Since Detention Last Month by Chinese Police" Radio Fee Asia (RFA)
Additional Name(s): Lhamo Dolkar, ལྷ་མོ་སྒྲོལ་མ་, 拉姆卓玛(音)
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: April/4/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Lhamo Drolma is detained in relation to her religious activity and protesting religious freedom conditions.
On April 4, 2018, plainclothes security officials in Dari (Darlag) county, Guoluo (Golog) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province detained Drolma while she was traveling on pilgrimage to Lhasa, Tibetan Autonomous Region. Her arrest reportedly stemmed from her visits to an imprisoned monk who had been arrested for participating in protests calling for the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet and religious and linguistic rights for Tibetans.
"Lhamo Drolma" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)