Additional Name(s): Tashi Dorjee, བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྡོ་རྗེ་, 扎西多吉
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: January/1/2022
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tashi Dorje
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Tashi Dorje is detained for documenting religious freedom violations.
On January 1, 2022, police in Draggo (Luhuo) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained several Tibetans, including Tashi Dorje, a monk, after accusing them of sharing information about government demolitions of Buddhist statues and prayer wheels near Draggo Monastery in December 2021.
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- "Tashi Dorje" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): བསྟན་འཛིན་དར་རྒྱས་
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Sentence: 3 Years, 6 Months’ Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: September//2020
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Possession of Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Separatism
Tenzin Dargye
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Tenzin Dargye was imprisoned for adherence to a religious figure.
In September 2020, authorities in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Dargye, a monk at Sershul’s Barong Monastery, reportedly after police found photos of the Dalai Lama on his mobile phone as well as other information deemed "politically sensitive."
In May/June 2022, the Sershul County People’s Court reportedly sentenced Dargye to three years and six months in prison for “separatism.”
Dargye’s sentence should have ended in March 2024.
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"Tenzin Dargye" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Tenzin Tarpa, བསྟན་འཛིན་ཐར་པ་, 丹增塔帕
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: June//2020
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Distributing Religious Materials Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tenzin Tharpa
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Tenzin Tharpa is detained for his religious activity.
In June 2020, public security officials in Driru (Biru) county, Nagchu (Naqu) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained Tharpa, a businessman and former monk, reportedly after he sent money and religious books to individuals in India.
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"Tenzin Tharpa" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)