Additional Name(s): སྐལ་བཟང་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 格桑加措(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: October/23/2012
Date of Sentencing: January/31/2013
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Murder & Attempted Murder
Kalsang Gyatso
Extra Bio Info:
Kalsang Gyatso was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On October 23, 2012, public security officials detained 6 Tibetans, including Gyatso, at the scene of a self-immolation in Xiahe (Sangchu) county, Gannan (Kanlho) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province.
On January 31, 2013, the Xiahe County People’s Court reportedly sentenced Gyatso to 11 years in prison for “intentional homicide” (Art. 232 CCL).
Gyatso's sentence should have ended in October 2023.
Related Cases: Pema Dondrub
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"Kalsang Gyatso" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): པདྨ་དོན་གྲུབ་, 白玛顿珠(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 12 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: October/23/2012
Date of Sentencing: January/31/2013
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions
Nature of Charges: Murder & Attempted Murder
Pema Dondrub
Extra Bio Info:
Pema Dondrub is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On October 23, 2012, public security officials detained 6 Tibetans, including Dondrub, at the scene of a self-immolation in Xiahe (Sangchu) county, Gannan (Kanlho) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province.
On January 31, 2013, the Xiahe County People’s Court reportedly sentenced Dondrub to 12 years in prison for “intentional homicide” (Art. 232 CCL).
Related Cases: Kalsang Gyatso
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"Pema Dondrub" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): འཕགས་པ་, 帕巴(音), 普化
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 13 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: November//2012
Date of Sentencing: February/8/2013
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations
Nature of Charges: Murder & Attempted Murder Separatism
Phagpa
Extra Bio Info:
Phagpa is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In November 2012, security officials detained Phagpa, reportedly for having conversations in favor of self-immolation protests. Phagpa also reportedly possessed pro-independence material, sent information about self-immolations outside of China, provided money to self-immolators' families, and organized protests at government offices.
On February 8, 2013, the Huangnan Intermediate People’s Court sentenced him to 13 years in prison on either for "attempted" or "intentional" homicide (Art. 232 CCL) and "inciting others to split the state" (Art. 103 (2) CCL).
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"Phagpa" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)