China: sister of Tibetan political prisoner apprehended, her whereabouts unknown (Update)
Event- Country
- China
- Initial Date
- May 16, 2023
- Event Description
Footage has emerged showing Gonmo Kyi being forced into a car by security personnel in Lhasa.
Gonmo Kyi is the sister of the detained Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi and has carried out a series of protests calling for him to be given a fair trial.
Tibet Watch received the videos on 16 May. In one, Gonmo Kyi, is on the ground and surrounded by police. While she is struggling, it sounds like she is saying: “It doesn’t matter that I am falling down! I don’t want to go! Just arrest me!”
The next shows the security personnel holding Gonmo Kyi and forcing her into the back seats of a white vehicle while she says: “You can kill me here.”
There is currently no further information on Gonmo Kyi’s location and wellbeing.
Over the past five months, Gonmo Kyi has carried out a series of protests outside Tibet Higher People’s Court in Lhasa. She has been detained numerous times and during recent protests the police have obstructed her from public view by surrounding her and covering her with black fabric or barriers.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- Abduction/Kidnapping
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to Protest
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 29.659267596076496
Longitude: 91.16787164257096
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 16 May 2023, Gonmo Kyi, WHRD was apprehended by the police when staging a protest to demand the release of her brother and held to an unknown location in Lhasa, Tibet, China.