Additional Name(s): 贡觉平措(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: May/17/1995
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Disappeared
Reason for Persecution: Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role
Nature of Charges: Not Applicable
Konchog Phuntsog
Extra Bio Info:
Konchog Phuntsog was forcibly disappeared for his son's religious leadership role.
On May 17, 1995, authorities abducted Phuntsog, his then six-year old son Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, and the rest of their family. The abduction came after the Dalai Lama chose Gedhun to be the 11th Panchen Lama, the second highest position in Tibetan Buddhism, on May 14, 1995.
On July 17, 2007, authorities said that Gedhun is a “perfectly ordinary Tibetan boy,” attending school and leading a normal life, and that he “does not wish to be disturbed.” Authorities said that the state employs both of his parents and that his brothers and sisters are either working or at university.
Related Cases: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Dechen Choedron
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"Konchog Phuntsog" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): 德钦曲珍(音)
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: May/17/1995
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Disappeared
Reason for Persecution: Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role
Nature of Charges: Not Applicable
Dechen Choedron
Extra Bio Info:
Dechen Choedron was forcibly disappeared for her son's religious leadership role.
On May 17, 1995, authorities abducted Choedron her then six-year old son Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, and the rest of their family. The abduction came after the Dalai Lama chose Gedhun to be the 11th Panchen Lama, the second highest position in Tibetan Buddhism, on May 14, 1995.
On July 17, 2007, authorities said that Gedhun is a “perfectly ordinary Tibetan boy,” attending school and leading a normal life, and that he “does not wish to be disturbed.” Authorities said that the state employs both of his parents and that his brothers and sisters are either working or at university.
Related Cases: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Konchog Phuntsog
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"Dechen Choedron" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): Wangchuk Kyi, དབང་ཕྱུག་སྐྱིད་
Gender: Unspecified
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: July/13/2021
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Possession of Religious Materials
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Wangchug Kyi
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Wangchug Kyi is detained for adherence to a religious figure.
On July 13, 2021, public security officials in Serthar (Seda) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained four Tibetans, including Kyi, at a restaurant after police searched their phones. It is reported that authorities had been searching the phones of local residents for images of the Dalai Lama around the time of his birthday.
Related Cases: Dagther, Rinchen Zangpo, Loga
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"Wangchug Kyi" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)