Senior Tibetan Official Lobsang Lungrik Detained in Qinghai, Whereabouts Unknown Since December 2024

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Chinese authorities have reportedly detained Lobsang Lungrik, a senior Tibetan official and monastic leader in Qinghai province, with his whereabouts remaining unknown since December 2024.

Lobsang Lungrik, 51, is the head lama of Ba Gön Monastery in Chumarleb (Chinese: Qumalai) County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, in the Tibetan province of Kham. His detention was reported by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), which cited sources familiar with the situation.

Removal from Provincial Political Body

On 26 December 2024, Qinghai Daily announced that “Luosong Longri” (罗松龙日), the Chinese name used for Lobsang Lungrik, had been removed from his position as a Standin...

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