Additional Name(s): Thardo Gyaltsen, ཐར་འདོད་རྒྱལ་མཚན་, 塔堆坚赞(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 18 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December//2013

Current Status: Not Released

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

Thardoe Gyaltsen

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Thardoe Gyaltsen is imprison for adherence to a religious figure.

In December 2013, security officials detained Gyaltsen, a monk from Drongna Monastery, located in Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), reportedly for possessing images of the Dalai Lama and recordings of his speeches and teachings. Gyaltsen was reportedly charged with "inciting splittism." 

On an unspecified date, Gyaltsen was reportedly sentenced to 18 years in prison.

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Additional Name(s): Konmey, Konmay, དཀོན་མེ་, 贡美

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: July/20/2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Discussing Religion & Religious Texts Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Konme

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Konme is detained for his religious activity. 

On July 20, 2021, police in Ngaba (Aba) county, Ngaba (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Konme, a monk, after accusing him of participating in "politically sensitive discussions" on social media. Reporting indicates, however, that Konme only discussed religious matters on the platform.

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  • "Konme" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)

Additional Name(s): བསྟན་འཛིན་བུ་ཆུང་, 旦增普穹(音)

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 15 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: March/15/2008

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Freedom Advocacy

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Tenzin Buchung

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Tenzin Buchung was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On March 15, 2008, public security officials in Sangye (Samye) township, Zhanang (Dranang) county, Shannan (Lhokha) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), arrested Buchung, who is a monk, and several others for participating in protests calling for the Dalai Lama’s return to Tibet and respect for human rights, including religious freedom.

In May/June 2008, the Shannan Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Buchung to 15 years in prison on unspecified charges.

Buchung's sentence should have ended in March 2023.

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