Lobsang Sherap, Lobsang Tsultrim, and Lobsang Tsering are monks from Drongsar Monastery in Pashoe County, eastern Tibet. On 2 August 1995, they were arrested by the People’s Armed Police (PAP) and Public Security Bureau (PSB) officials in Pashoe County for acts of political protest. The monks were accused of dismantling a nameplate inscribed with “Pashoe People’s Government” in Chedar Sub-County and of posting wall notices stating: “We will never accept the boy chosen by Chinese authorities as the reincarnation of the late Panchen Lama,” “Long Live Gedun Choekyi Nyima,” and “We will continue to oppose the Chinese rule in Tibet.”

Following their arrest, the monks were initially held in Pashoe County Prison for one month and subsequently transferred to Chamdo for an additional two months of detention. They were ultimately sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment and transferred to Drapchi Prison, where they remain incarcerated. Their case exemplifies the severe penalties imposed on Tibetans who engage in peaceful political and religious expression.