Additional Name(s): མཁའ་འགྲོ་ཚེ་བརྟན་, Kangzhu Cidan, 康珠次丹
Gender: Male
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: April/26/2019
Date of Sentencing: July//2020
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Online Activity Singing, Playing, & Producing Religious Songs & Music
Nature of Charges: Leaking State Secrets Subversion
Khadro Tseten is imprisoned for his religious expression.
On April 26, 2019, authorities in Tsekhog (Zeku) county, Malho (Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province, detained three Tibetans, including Tseten, for producing or sharing a song praising the Dalai Lama online. Tseten was reportedly the lyricist.
In July 2020, an unidentified court reportedly sentenced Tseten to seven years in prison for "subverting state power" (Art. 105 (1) CCL) and "leaking state secrets" (Art. 111 CCL).
Tseten was previously detained from 2012 to 2014 for participating in protests in Rebgong over Tibetan-language education in 2010.
Photo attributed to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Khadro Tseten" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)