José Luis García Paneque

José Luis García Paneque

Dr. García Paneque was arrested in a 2003 roundup of dissidents known as the Black Spring and sentenced to 24 years in prison. He was released in 2010 after… More

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Léster Luis González Pentón

González, co-founder of the Movement for Democracy, was arrested in a 2003 roundup of dissidents known as the Black Spring and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was… More

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Fernando Villavicencio

In April 2017, Villavicencio, a journalist and author, sought asylum in Peru due to threats against him and his family, and a pre-trial detention order alleging he leaked documents… More

Chimengül Awut

Awut, an award-winning poet and editor at Kashgar Publishing House, was reportedly arrested in July 2018. She was sent without a trial to a “re-education camp” after her involvement… More

Liu Chengkun

Liu Chengkun

Liu was arrested in April 2018 and sentenced to eight months in prison after he published two short stories about a fictional character that bore a resemblance to the… More

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Jo Lobsang Jamyang Lomig

Jamyang, a blogger and writer who has written on free speech, environmental issues, and social movements was arrested in 2015 and sentenced in 2016 to seven and a half… More

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Dolma Kyab Lobsang Kelsang Gyatso

In 2005, Dolma Kyab was arrested while teaching in connection with his unpublished manuscript The Restless Himalayas. He was tried secretly and sentenced to ten years in prison for… More

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Ven. Ngawang Phulchung

A Tibetan monk, Ngawang led the Drepung printing group, secret producer of pro-independence literature in the late '80s. Upon discovery of the group, Ngawang was sentenced to 19 years… More

Gartse Jigme

Jigme was arrested after publication of his book ‘Tsenpoi Nyingtop’ (Tsenpo’s Valor) because it allegedly contained political views. He served five years in prison for "inciting ethnic separatism" and… More

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Gonpo Tenzin

Tenzin was arrested in 2013 on unknown charges and kept in pretrial detention for over a year without access to legal resources before his trial began. He spent three… More