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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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