Additional Name(s): Sangay Gyatso, Sangye Gyatso, སངས་རྒྱས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 桑杰嘉措(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: December/10/2018

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Sanggye Gyatso

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Sanggye Gyatso is detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On December 10, 2018, public security officials in Aba (Ngaba) county, Aba (Ngaba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Gyatso, a teenage monk at Ngaba's Kirti Monastery, reportedly for participating in a solo protest calling for "freedom for Tibetans."  Authorities reportedly beat him before arresting him. 

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Additional Name(s): བསོད་ནམས་ཡོན་ཏན་, 索南云丹

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: September/30/2019

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Possession of Religious Materials

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Sonam Yonten

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Sonam Yonten is detained for adherence to a religious figure. 

On September 30, 2019, public security officials in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Yonten, a monk from Bumnying monastery, located in Bumnying (Mengyi) town, Sershul, reportedly for possessing an image of the Dalai Lama.

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Additional Name(s): བསྟན་འཛིན་ལྷུན་གྲུབ་, 旦增伦珠(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: May//2014

Date of Sentencing: May//2015

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Language Rights Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Tenzin Lhundrub

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Tenzin Lhundrub is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.

In May 2014, authorities detained Lhundrub, a scholar and monk from Gom Gonsar Monastery in Liangqu (Lenchu) township, Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu), Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), while he was giving a talk on “the status of Tibetan language and nationality” in Xiaqu (Shagchu) township, Biru county.  Lhundrub reportedly disappeared while in detention. Security officials allegedly told locals that Lhundrub had been "involved in many disturbances," including protests against mining at Naglha Dzamba, a religiously significant mountain.

In May 2015, a court reportedly sentenced Lhundrub to 12 years in prison on unspecified charges.

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