6th November, Dharamshala: According to freetibet.org, Chinese authorities released Gendun Drakpa (Dapaka), a monk from Thangkor Socktsang Monastery in Ngaba (in China’s Sichuan Province) in August 2021 after serving a five-year sentence. After being freed in August 2021, Gendun Dapaka, 45, returned to his house but has since been committed to the hospital due to bad health.
He and his family have been placed under increased official surveillance, which has resulted in greater limitations and deprivation of political rights. In addition, he is on indefinite parole and must report to a police station once a month.
After an armed police attack on their monastery on August 24, 2015, Gendun was arrested and detained in arbitrary imprisonment for a year. Following that, he was charged with ‘inciting separatism’ and sharing information with Tibetans in exile over Tibetan nomads’ peaceful protests against government land grabs in Ka Bharma Village, Ngaba, in 2015. In a secret trial, he was condemned to five years in prison without having access to any legal rights, including the lack of legal representation.
Long-term health problems are common among Tibetan detainees as a result of the brutal, inhumane, and degrading treatment they receive in prison. Kunchok Jinpa, Tenzin Nyima, and Tashi Phuntsok are among a long list of Tibetan political detainees who died after being released.
Tibetans are routinely detained and imprisoned by Chinese authorities under the guise of “inciting separatism.” Tibetan culture and identity are frequently characterized as acts of separatism by the Chinese authorities.
In 2010, the government seized approximately 400 acres of land and the residences of 20 residents in order to construct more environmentally friendly rural regions. However, these plans were scrapped, and the site was leased to private companies by the Chinese government.