Kunchok Chodrak
POLITICAL PRISONER- Prisoner image
- Does it have an image?
- Yes
- Gender
- Male
- Detention Year
- 2020s: 2025
- Origin County Level
- Origin County Geolocation
Latitude: 33.62
Longitude: 102.94
- Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
- Dzoege County(མཛོད་དགེ་རྫོང་། )
- Origin Province
- Sichuan Province
- Origin Prefecture
- Ngaba (Ch: Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture
- Date of Detention
- December 2024
- Occupation at Detention
- Religious
- Grounds for Detention
- Disrupting social order
- Endangering state security
- Type of Place of Current Detention
- Detention centre
- Description of event
In December 2024, local police in Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) County, Kanlho (Ch: Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, arbitrarily detained Tibetan Buddhist scholar Geshe Lharampa Kunchok Chodrak, the Tritsab (acting head lama) and scripture teacher at Hortsang Kirti Monastery. His arrest took place during a late-night raid on his monastic quarters, during which police confiscated documents related to the Kirti Monasteries General Buddhist Education Supervisory Group.
Since that night, Kunchok Chodrak’s whereabouts have remained unknown. Authorities have refused to provide his family or the monastery with any information about where he is being held, the charges against him, or his physical condition.
- Violations Faced in Detention
- No Fair Trial: No family meet ups
- No Fair Trial: No legal representation
- Types of Human Rights Violations
- Social, Economic and Cultural Rights Violations: Cultural Rights
- Social, Economic and Cultural Rights Violations: Educational Rights
- Status of Detention
- Enforced Disappearance
- Type of Sources
- Secondary: Third Party Media
- Published
- Published
- Is the Prisoner Deceased?
- No