{"id":14298,"date":"2022-05-18T14:18:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T13:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freetibetanheroes.org\/?post_type=creativo_portfolio&#038;p=14298"},"modified":"2022-05-18T15:25:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T14:25:18","slug":"lobsang-lhundup","status":"publish","type":"creativo_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/freetibetanheroes.org\/freedom101\/hero-profile\/lobsang-lhundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobsang Lhundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row gap=&#8221;30&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1585061086162{margin-bottom: 24px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14286&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652882948841{margin-top: 24px !important;margin-bottom: 6px !important;padding-top: 12px !important;padding-right: 6% !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 6% !important;}&#8221;]<strong>Summary<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Lobsang Lhundup, also known by his pen name Dhi Lhaden, is a famous Tibetan writer, who was secretly arrested by security officials in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in June 2019. Following the 2008 uprising in Tibet, he wrote a book titled \u201cThe Art of Passive Resistance\u201d in which he was critical of the Chinese rule in Tibet. Those close to Lhundup suspect that his arrest is linked to his involvement in teaching Tibetan history at a private cultural education centre in Chengdu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Details:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>In June 2019,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> police in Chengdu municipality, Sichuan province, detained Tibetan writer and intellectual Lobsang Lhundrub\u2014better known by his pen name Dhi Lhaden\u2014near his Chengdu apartment. Authorities held him incommunicado at an unknown location, reportedly in Chengdu, on unreported charges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TCHRD learned <\/span><b>in March 2020<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the police investigating Dhi Lhaden cited the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tchrd.org\/the-art-of-passive-resistance-second-book-penned-by-underground-tibetan-writer-released\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English translation by TCHRD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of his book \u201cThe Art of Passive Resistance\u201d as evidence in his case. Sources believed that Dhi Lhaden\u2019s detention also may have been connected with his work at a cultural center in Chengdu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>In December 2020,<\/b> authorities told his family that his trial was pending and that they could not visit him in custody.<\/p>\n<p><b>In 2021,<\/b> on an unknown date, unknown court sentenced Dhi Lhaden to 4 years in prison, reportedly for a crime related to \u201cdisturbing social order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dhi Lhaden was formerly a monk at the Serthar Buddhist Institute, also known as Larung Gar, in Serthar (Seda) county, Kardze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, and studied at Drepung and Sera monasteries in Lhasa. He is married and has a daughter.<\/p>\n<p><b>Charge:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cDisrupting social order\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nSentence: <\/b>4 Years<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Prison: <\/b>Unknown<\/p>\n<p><b>Status<\/b>: His current state of health is still unknown[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1585061433927{margin-top: 24px !important;padding-top: 24px !important;background-color: #55acee !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652879878969{padding-bottom: 24px !important;}&#8221; font_color=&#8221;#333366&#8243;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tweet To #FreeLobsangLhundup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Demand the immediate release of Lobsang Lhundup!<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_tweetmeme type=&#8221;hashtag&#8221; hashtag_hash=&#8221;FreeLobsangLhundup&#8221; hashtag_no_default=&#8221;&#8221; hashtag_custom_tweet_text=&#8221;I demand the immediate release of Tibetan Lobsang Lhundup&#8221; hashtag_recommend_1=&#8221;@TheTibetNetwork&#8221; large_button=&#8221;true&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;30&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1585061086162{margin-bottom: 24px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14286&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1652882948841{margin-top: 24px !important;margin-bottom: 6px !important;padding-top: 12px !important;padding-right: 6% !important;padding-bottom: 12px !important;padding-left: 6% !important;}&#8221;]Summary: \u00a0Lobsang Lhundup, also known by his pen name Dhi Lhaden, is a famous Tibetan writer, who was secretly arrested by security officials in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in June 2019. 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