Additional Name(s): Lhundup Dorje, Lej Dorje, ལྷུན་གྲུབ་རྡོ་རྗེ་, 勒智多杰

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 1 Year's Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: July/14/2020

Date of Sentencing: December/14/2020

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Distributing Religious Materials Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Separatism

Lhundrub Dorje

Extra Bio Info:

Lhundrub Dorje was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On July 14, 2020, authorities arrested Lhundrub reportedly for sharing images and teachings of the Dalai Lama online and greetings to the Tibetan government in exile in India.

On December 14, 2020, the Guoluo Intermediate People’s Court sentenced him to one year in prison, followed by one year of deprived political rights, on the charge of “inciting separatism."

Lhundrub's sentence should have ended in July 2021. 

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