Additional Name(s): Drukdra, འབྲུག་སྒྲ།, 珠扎(音)

Gender: Male

Current Location: Lunggu County Prison, Wenchuan

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 14 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: November//2015

Date of Sentencing: December/6/2016

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Drugdra

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Drugdra is imprisoned for his adherence to a religious figure.

In November 2015, authorities arrested Drugdra, a monk, after accusing him of organizing observances to celebrate the Dalai Lama's 80th birthday. 

On December 6, 2016, the Aba Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (T&QAP) Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Drugdra to 14 years in prison on unspecified charges.

Related Cases: Lobsang Khedrub, Lobsang Gephel, Lodroe, Bonkho Kyi

Sources:

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

Additional Name(s): Bhongo Kyi, Bhonkho Kyi, བོན་ཁོ་སྐྱིད་, 本考吉(音), 本科吉

Gender: Female

Current Location: Lunggu County Prison, Wenchuan

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 7 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: November//2015

Date of Sentencing: December/6/2016

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Bonkho Kyi

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Bonkho Kyi was imprisoned for her adherence to a religious figure.

In November 2015, authorities arrested Kyi after accusing her of organizing observances to celebrate the Dalai Lama's 80th birthday. 

On December 6, 2016, the Aba Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (T&QAP) Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Kyi to 7 years in prison on unspecified charges.

Kyi's sentence should have ended in November 2022. 

Related Cases: Lobsang Khedrub, Lobsang Gephel, Lodroe, Rinchen Tsultrim

Sources:
  • "Bonkho Kyi" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)

Additional Name(s): Tsultrim, རིན་ཆེན་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་, 仁青持真

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Bon

Sentence: 4 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: August/1/2019

Date of Sentencing: November/27/2020

Date of Release: February/1/2024

Current Status: Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Criticizing Religious Freedom Conditions Distributing Religious Materials Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Separatism

Rinchen Tsultrim

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Rinchen Tsultrim was imprisoned for criticizing state policies restricting religious freedom.

On August 1, 2019, security officials in Ngaba (Aba) County, Ngaba (Aba) Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (T&QAP), Sichuan province, detained Tsultrim, a monk, reportedly in relation to posts he made on social media about religious and political issues in Tibet. He was charged with "inciting separatism."  After his arrest, Tsultrim's whereabout became unknown. 

Prior to his arrest, authorities had shut down Tsultrim's website where he voiced criticism of state policies. He was also being kept under surveillance online and offline, including his distribution of books and scriptures to remote areas of Tibet via the post office, and his phone calls were monitored. 

On November 27, 2020, the Aba Intermediate People's Court sentenced Tsultrim to four years and six months in prison for "inciting separatism." 

On February 1, 2024, Tsultrim was reportedly released from Mianyang Prison, in Mianyang municipality, Sichuan.

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