Additional Name(s): Trinley Tsekhar, འཕྲིན་ལས་ཚེ་དཀར་, 赤列次噶(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 9 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: November/20/2013
Date of Sentencing: December/19/2013
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Separatism
Trinle Tsekar
Extra Bio Info:
Trinle Tsekar was imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 20, 2013, public security officials detained Tsekar in Biru (Driru) town, Biru county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Authorities had reportedly suspected that Tsekar and others were instigating protests against mining operations at Naglha Dzamba, a mountain regarded as religiously significant.
On December 19, 2013, the Biru County People’s Court reportedly sentenced Tsekar to nine years in imprisonment for activities intended to "split" Tibet from China.
Tsekar's sentence should have ended in November 2022.
Related Cases: Choekyab
Sources:
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"Trinle Tsekar" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"China Jails Three Tibetans Over Anti-Mining Protest" Radio Free Asia (RFA)
Additional Name(s): ཆོས་སྐྱབས་, 曲加(音)
Gender: Male
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//2013
Date of Sentencing: December/19/2013
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Protesting Religious Freedom Conditions Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Separatism
Choekyab
Extra Bio Info:
Choekyab is imprisoned in relation to protesting religious freedom conditions.
In November 2013, public security officials detained Choekyab in Biru (Driru) town, Biru county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Authorities had reportedly suspected that Choekyab and others were instigating protests against mining operations at Naglha Dzamba, a mountain regarded as religiously significant.
On December 19, 2013, the Biru County People’s Court reportedly sentenced Choekyab to 13 years in imprisonment for activities intended to "split" Tibet from China.
Related Cases: Trinle Tsekar
Sources:
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"Choekyab" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"China Jails Three Tibetans Over Anti-Mining Protest" Radio Free Asia (RFA)
Additional Name(s): ནོར་མཚོ་
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: January/10/2022
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Nortso
Extra Bio Info:
Nortso is detained in relation to her documenting of religious freedom violations.
On January 10, 2022, police in Draggo (Luhuo) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP), Sichuan province, detained three pilgrims, including Nortso, on their way home from the Buddhist monastic complex at Larung Gar in Sertar (Seda) county, Kardze TAP, to Dragyab (Chaya) county, Chamdo municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region. Authorities searched their phones and found images of recent demolitions of Buddha statues at Draggo Monastery in Draggo county.
Sources:
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"Nortso" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)