Additional Name(s): བསོད་ནམས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, 索朗嘉措
Gender: Unspecified
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: December/18/2022
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Pilgrimage Religious Activity Travel Abroad
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Sonam Gyatso is detained for their religious activity.
On December 18, 2022, security officials in Rikaze (Shigatse) municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), detained three Tibetans, including Sonam Gyatso, after they returned from a pilgrimage to the Sekhar Guthog monastery. They were also accused of intending to travel to India.
"Sonam Gyatso" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Additional Name(s): ཡི་དམ་, 益党
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: January//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Praying Religious Activity Unregistered Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Yidam is detained for his religious activity.
In January 2023, authorities in Dangxiong (Damshung) county, Lhasa municipality, Tibet Autonomous Region, detained Yidam after he and another individual-without approval from authorities-established and collected funds for a group of volunteers to make stone engravings of prayers for the victims of COVID-19.
Additional Name(s): ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་, 次成
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Tibetan
Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 2 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Sentencing: April//2023
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Separatism
Tsultrim is imprisoned for his adherence to a religious figure.
In February/March 2023, authorities in Marthang county, Ngaba (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (T&QAP), Sichuan province, detained Tsultrim, a Tibetan businessman, reportedly after finding an image of the Dalai Lama on his phone.
In April 2023, the Aba T&QAP Intermediate People's Court sentenced Tsultrim to two years in prison for "contact[ing] separatists outside" Tibet, a reference to the Dalai Lama.