Additional Name(s): Wangchuk Kyi, དབང་ཕྱུག་སྐྱིད་

Gender: Unspecified

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Tibetan

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Tibetan

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: July/13/2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

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

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Wangchug Kyi

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Wangchug Kyi is detained for adherence to a religious figure.

On July 13, 2021, public security officials in Serthar (Seda) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, detained four Tibetans, including Kyi, at a restaurant after police searched their phones. It is reported that authorities had been searching the phones of local residents for images of the Dalai Lama around the time of his birthday.

Related Cases: Dagther, Rinchen Zangpo, Loga

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