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Table 1: Associates of Tenzin Delek Imprisoned, Detained, Missing[193]

Name

Biographical Information (occupation, residence, age in 2002)

Outcomes

Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

A-ngag Tashi (lay name)

A'an Zhaxi (Chinese)

Lama

Jamyang Choekhorling

52 years old

Detained: April 7, 2002

Convicted: November 29, 2002: “causing explosion [and] and inciting the separation of the state”

Sentenced: December 2, 2002: Death with 2-year suspension

Current whereabouts: uncertain

Lobsang Dondrup

Lorang Dengzhu (Chinese)

Entrepreneur

Lithang

28 years old

Detained: Chengdu, April 2-3, 2002

Convicted: November 29, 2002: “causing explosion [and] and inciting the separation of the state, ” and “illegally possessing firearms and ammunition”

Sentenced: December 2, 2002: Death sentence

Executed: January 26, 2003

Tsultrim Dargye

Cicheng Dajie (Chinese)

Monk

Jamyang Choekhorling

36 years old

Detained: April 7, 2002

Administrative Sentence: May 10, 2002: 1-year reeducation through labor (lao jiao)

Released: April 6, 2003

Aka Dargye

Ahei Dajie (Chinese)

Monk

Jamyang Choekhorling

40 years old

Detained: April 7, 2002

Administrative Sentence: May 10, 2002: 1-year reeducation through labor (lao jiao)

Released: April 6, 2003

Tamdrin Tsering

Dangzhen Zeren (Chinese)

Monk

Jamyang Choekhorling

35 years old

Detained: April 7, 2002

Administrative Sentence: May 10, 2002: 1-year reeducation through labor (lao jiao)

Released: April 6, 2003

Tenpa Rabgyal

Danba Raojie (Chinese)

Monk

Orthok Monastery

Early-thirties

Fled under threat of arrest

Missing

Thubten Sherab

a.k.a. Kyido

Monk

Orthok Monastery

Mid-thirties

Fled under threat of arrest

Missing

Choetsom

Monk

Jamyang Choekhorling

19 years old

Detained: c. April 14, 2002

Released: c. April 21, 2002

Missing

Pasang

Monk

Jamyang Choekhorling

19 years old

Detained: c. April 14, 2002

Released: c. April 21, 2002

Missing

Tashi Phuntsog

Zhaxi Pingcuo (Chinese)

Monk

Jamyang Choekhorling

Orthok Monastery

Early-forties

Detained: April 17, 2002

Sentenced: Date unknown: 7-year prison term

Current location: Dartsedo

Tserang Dondrup

a.k.a. Jortse

Cerang Dengzhu (Chinese)

Village leader

Nyagchu

Mid-sixties

Detained: Early June 2002

Convicted: “supporting Tenzin Delek Rinpoche”

Sentenced: January 2003: 5-year prison term

Released: July 9, 2003

Drime Gyatso

Nomad

Nyagchu

25 years old

Detained: August 2002

Severely beaten upon arrest

Released: After less than one month

Tsultrim Dargye

a.k.a. Tsuldi Cicheng Dajie (Chinese)

Village accountant

Nyagchu

Early-forties

Detained: August 2002

Severely beaten upon arrest

Released: Over two months later

Taphel

a.k.a. Tabo

Dapei (Chinese)

Formal name: Lobsang Taphel or Lobsang Tenphel

Lorang Dapei (Chinese)

Entrepreneur, former monk

Lithang

37 years old

Detained: February 12, 2003

Sentenced: July 15, 2003: 5-year prison term

Current location: Ngawa (Chinese: Aba) Tibetan & Qiang Autonomous Prefecture

Dzeri Di Di

Entrepreneur

Lithang

43 years old

Detained: February 14, 2003

Released: By April 6, 2003

Markam Tselo

Monk

Lithang Gongchen

41 years old

Detained: February 12, 2003

Released: By April 6, 2003

In addition to the sixteen listed, at least another forty-four Tibetans were detained between April 2002 and January 2003 for periods ranging from two days to over four months. Estimates indicate that at least sixty to seventy more were questioned repeatedly, and over one hundred fled the region. Of those detained, Human Rights Watch has verified the names and circumstances of fifty-one. However, for their own safety, no information about the additional forty-four is being made public.

Among those whose names are not listed, thirty-three come from Nyagchu county. Twenty-two are nomads, four are farmers, two are semi-nomads, two are lamas, and one is a monk. Two cannot as yet be properly classified. Eight of the twenty-two nomads were village leaders or officials. They ranged in age from twenty-four to sixty-nine. Names and circumstances for only two people from Lithang county have been verified. One is a nomad businessman.

All were detained for their general association with Tenzin Delek, in what one Tibetan from the region described as an attempt by authorities to “grab anyone, but if there was nothing coming out of them, they were released.”194



193 This table contains a list of Tenzin Delek’s associates who have been detained or imprisoned since he was seized on April 7, 2002 or who remain missing. As indicated in the table, many of those listed have since been freed. The list is current as of December 23, 2003.

194 Human Rights Watch interview with LS, December 15, 2003.


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