Tsering Samdup

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
ཚེ་རིང་བསམ་གྲུབ།
Gender
Male
Detention Year
2020s: 2024
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.6229999

Longitude: 99.99266

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Kardze County(དཀར་མཛེས་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Sichuan Province
Origin Prefecture
  • Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Date of Detention
4/01/2022
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Description of event

Eleven Tibetans beaten and arrested by Chinese authorities in January for spreading news of the destruction of a 99-foot-tall Buddha statue and dozens of prayer wheels in Sichuan province have been sent to labor camps in the region. Monks Tashi Dorjee, Tsering Samdup, Nyima Lhamo, and Abbot Pelga, along with Pelga’s assistant Nyima, and six other unidentified Tibetans were arrested following the destruction of the statue and 45 traditional prayer wheels in Drango County of Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in December 2021.

Status of Detention
Detained
Published
Published
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