Additional Name(s): Rinchen Namdol, རིན་ཆེན་རྣམ་གྲོལ, 仁钦南召(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Date of Detainment: April/2/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Rinchen Namdrol is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.
On April 2, 2018, public security officials in Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained 30 Tibetans from the Markor, Wathang, and Gochu villages in Xiaqu (Shagchu) township, Biru, including Namdrol, a monk, reportedly for opposing a mining project on Sebtra Zagyen, a religiously significant mountain.
In July 2023, a UN Special Rapporteur Communication sent to Chinese authorities indicated that Namdrol had reportedly been found guilty of "engaging in separatist activity." The letter said the length of the sentence and the exact charges were not known.
Related Cases: Karma, Tsultrim Gonpo, Namse, Sogru Abu, Dongye, Jangchub Ngodrub, Khyenrab
"China: UN experts seek clarification about nine imprisoned Tibetan human rights defenders" UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
"China: ongoing imprisonment of nine Tibetan HRDs on account of their environmental protection work (joint communication)" UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
"Rinchen Namdrol" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Village Leader Among 31 Tibetans Detained For Opposing Mining At Sacred Mountain" Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD)
"Tibetan Man Detained After Villagers Protest Chinese Mine Plans" Radio Free Asia (RFA)
Additional Name(s): ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་མགོན་པོ, 次臣贡宝(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Date of Detainment: April/2/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Preserving Religious Sites & Sacred Lands Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tsultrim Gonpo is imprisoned for activities in support of religious sites.
On April 2, 2018, public security officials in Biru (Driru) county, Naqu (Nagchu) prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) detained 30 Tibetans from the Markor, Wathang, and Gochu villages in Xiaqu (Shagchu) township, Biru, including Gonpo, a monk, reportedly for opposing a mining project on Sebtra Zagyen, a religiously significant mountain.
In July 2023, a UN Special Rapporteur Communication sent to Chinese authorities indicated that Gonpo had reportedly been found guilty of "engaging in separatist activity." The letter said the length of the sentence and the exact charges were not known.
Related Cases: Karma, Rinchen Namdrol, Namse, Sogru Abu, Dongye, Jangchub Ngodrub, Khyenrab
"China: UN experts seek clarification about nine imprisoned Tibetan human rights defenders" UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
"China: ongoing imprisonment of nine Tibetan HRDs on account of their environmental protection work (joint communication)" UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
"Tsultrim Gonpo" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Village Leader Among 31 Tibetans Detained For Opposing Mining At Sacred Mountain" Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD)
"Tibetan Man Detained After Villagers Protest Chinese Mine Plans" Radio Free Asia (RFA)
Additional Name(s): ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་སྐལ་བཟང་, 楚臣格桑(音)
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Health Concerns: Liver disease
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: September/1/2012
Date of Sentencing: July/12/2013
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Possession of Religious Materials Reporting on Religious Freedom Conditions or Documenting Religious Freedom Violations
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Tsultrim Kalsang was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 1, 2012, authorities raided Zilkar Monastery, near Zhaduo (Dzatoe) township, Chenduo (Tridu) county, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, and detained four monks, including Kalsang. The three of the monks were reportedly suspected of providing information about a double self-immolation in Zhaduo to foreign media outlets. One monk is believed to have been in possession of images of the Dalai Lama.
On July 12, 2013, the Xining Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Kalsang to 10 years in prison on unspecified charges.
Kalsang's health has deteriorated while imprisoned, and he has reportedly been denied adequate medical care. He suffers from liver disease.
Kalsang's sentence should have ended.
"Tsultrim Kalsang" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Tibetan Monks Believed to Be in Failing Health in Jail" Radio Free Asia (RFA)
"Tibetan Monks Detained in Raid" Radio Free Asia (RFA)