Additional Name(s): Trulku Lobsang Tenzin, བློ་བཟང་བསྟན་འཛིན་, 洛桑旦增(音)
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: June//2014
Date of Sentencing: December//2014
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Religious Belief Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Lobsang Tenzin
Extra Bio Info:
Lobsang Tenzin is imprisoned for his religious belief and adherence to a religious figure.
In June 2014, public security officials in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) arrested Tenzin, a tour guide and regarded by Tibetan Buddhists as a reincarnated Buddhist teacher (trulku), reportedly for encouraging Tibetans to support the Dalai Lama's position in a religious dispute over a "deity" or "spirit" known as Shugden.
In December 2014, a court sentenced Tenzin to 10 years in prison for “misleading” locals (about Shugden) and supporting “the Dalai clique.”
Sources:
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"Lobsang Tenzin" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Lobsang Trinle, འཕྲིན་ལས་
Gender: Male
Current Location: Mianyang Prison, Fucheng, Mianyang, Sichuan
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 5 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: July/1/2021
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Distributing Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Lobsang Trinle
Extra Bio Info:
Lobsang Trinle is imprisoned for adherence to a religious figure.
On July 1, 2021, police in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Trinle, a monk, reportedly for sharing the Dalai Lama's teachings and writings on the Dalai Lama with other Tibetans.
In September 2021, Trinle's family had received word that he had been sentenced to five years in prison.
Sources:
- "Lobsang Trinle" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Namsay, རྣམ་སྲས་, 朗塞(音)
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/12/2012
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Namse
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Namse was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On August 12, 2012, public security officials detained several monks of Tsodun Monastery, including Namse, reportedly for having alleged links to two self-immolations that occurred in March 2012.
In January 2013, the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Namse to 10 years in prison on unspecified charges.
Namse's sentence should have ended in August 2022.
Sources:
- "Namse" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)