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

Extra Bio Info:

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.

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