Additional Name(s): བསྟན་འཛིན་དར་རྒྱས་

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Sentence: 3 Years, 6 Months’ Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: September//2020

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Adherence to a Religious Figure Possession of Religious Materials

Nature of Charges: Separatism

Tenzin Dargye

Extra Bio Info:

Tenzin Dargye was imprisoned for adherence to a religious figure.

In September 2020, authorities in Sershul (Shiqu) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained Dargye, a monk at Sershul’s Barong Monastery, reportedly after police found photos of the Dalai Lama on his mobile phone as well as other information deemed "politically sensitive."

In May/June 2022, the Sershul County People’s Court reportedly sentenced Dargye to three years and six months in prison for “separatism.”

Dargye’s sentence should have ended in March 2024.

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